general miller left samoa at the beginning of march 1944, when this command began its deactivation. as an experiences officer, he was ordered to washington, d.c., for important duties with office of strategic services under major general william j. donovan. miller was appointed senior member of the oss planning board and took part in a brief observation tour in europe. in october 1944, the situation between chiang kai-shek and general joseph stilwell, commanding general of china burma india theater, became worse, and there was impending threat of stillwell recall from china.