Roosevelt–Churchill press conference, 12:15 p.m.1

1. A parenthetical statement on the source text reads as follows:

“(this Press Conference was held jointly by the President and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, on the lawn at the rear of the President’s villa, which adjoined the Anfa Hotel, and which was part of the general term “Anfa Camp,” comprising the Hotel surrounded by 15 villas, which in turn was surrounded by barbed wire and troops)

(the newspapermen—about 50 in number—sat cross-legged in front of the President and the Prime Minister, who were seated in chairs)”

A photograph of the press conference is printed following p. 483.

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[395] Transcript of Press Conference

Roosevelt Papers