But members of the army high command stood by the intelligence chief.
"I am quite content to leave command of the army to you."
He wrote down the formula for the general in command of the second army.
On 13 December, he took command of the northern army with 10,000 men.
Could we turn for a moment to the high command of the army?
But I think he wants you to take command of the army.
The civilians have often been limited in their control of the army command.
There had been at least a dozen men in the Army command, and probably twice that many.
"But people are anxious to hear whether you'd accept command of the army."
At independence in 1980 he took over the command of the army, before retiring and going into business 10 years later.