Operation Gladio by the dissolution of the French stay-behind paramilitary movements. Historian Daniele Ganser claims that: Next to the CPC, a second secret army command center, labeled Allied Clandestine Committee (ACC), was set up in 1957 on the orders of NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe (SACEUR). This military structure provided for significant US leverage over the secret stay-behind networks in Western Europe as the SACEUR, throughout NATO's history, has traditionally been a US General who reports to the Pentagon in Washington and is based in NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Mons, Belgium. The ACC's duties included elaborating on
Allied Powers (horse) easily win the Group 2 Grand Prix de Chantilly, ridden again by Mendizabal. Following success in Group 3 and Group 2 races, Allied Powers' next engagement was a Group 1 race in Hamburg. Once again, the ground proved to be a problem for Allied Powers as he finished fifth a length and a half behind the winner, Campanologist, a fast-track specialist. With a rating of 114 as of September 2010, Allied Powers was scheduled to compete in the Grosser Preis von Baden, a Group 1 race in Baden-Baden, Germany. 2010-2014 Allied Powers (horse) Allied Powers is a retired Irish horse