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I. The First Washington Conference

(December 22, 1941–January 14, 1942)

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Contents

1. Pre-Conference Papers (Documents 1–42)
2. Proceedings of the Conference: (Documents 43–113)
- Monday, December 22, 1941 (Documents 44–45)
  - Roosevelt–Churchill meeting, evening (Document 44)
  - Arnold–Portal meeting, evening (Document 45)
- Tuesday, December 23, 1941 (Documents 46–50)
  - Roosevelt–Churchill meeting, forenoon (Document 46)
  - Meeting of Roosevelt and Churchill with their military advisers, 4:45 p.m. (Documents 47–48)
  - Dinner party of the American and British military leaders, 7:30 p.m. (Document 49)
  - Roosevelt–Churchill dinner meeting, evening (Document 50)
- Wednesday, December 24, 1941 (Documents 51–53)
  - Stimson–Churchill meeting, morning (Document 51)
  - Meeting of the United States and British Chiefs of Staff, 10:30 a.m. (Document 52)
  - Roosevelt–Churchill meeting, 6 p.m. (Document 53)
- Thursday, December 25, 1941 (Documents 54–55)
  - Meeting of the United States and British Chiefs of Staff, 4 p.m. (Document 54)
  - Meeting of Roosevelt with his military advisers, 5:30 p.m. (Document 55)
- Friday, December 26, 1941 (Documents 56–62)
  - Meeting of the United States and British Chiefs of Staff, 3 p.m. (Document 56)
  - Roosevelt–Beaverbrook meeting, 3:30 p.m. (Document 57)
  - Meeting of Roosevelt and Churchill with their military advisers, 4:30 p.m. (Documents 58–59)
  - Hull–Mackenzie King meeting, afternoon (Document 60)
  - Roosevelt–Churchill–Mackenzie King meeting, late afternoon (Document 61)
  - Roosevelt–Churchill dinner meeting, evening (Document 62)
- Saturday, December 27, 1941 (Documents 63–72)
  - Churchill–Marshall meeting, forenoon (Document 63)
  - Meeting of Roosevelt with certain military advisers, 10 a.m. (Document 64)
  - Hull–Mackenzie King meeting, forenoon (Document 65)
  - Roosevelt–Churchill–Litvinov luncheon meeting, 1 p.m. (Document 66)
  - Meeting of the United States and British Chiefs of Staff, 3 p.m. (Document 67)
  - Meetings of Roosevelt and Churchill with the chiefs of various diplomatic missions, afternoon (Documents 68–69)
  - Roosevelt–Churchill meeting, 6 p.m. (Document 70)
  - Roosevelt–Litvinov meeting, evening (Document 71)
  - Hull–Mackenzie King dinner meeting, evening (Document 72)
- Sunday, December 28, 1941 (Documents 73–74)
  - Meeting of Roosevelt with his military advisers, 11:45 a.m.
  - Roosevelt–Churchill–Hull meeting, afternoon (Document 74)
- Monday, December 29, 1941 (Documents 75–81)
  - Meeting of Hull with certain of his advisers, morning (Document 75)
  - Roosevelt–Loudon meeting, 12 noon (Document 76)
  - Hull–Litvinov meeting, 12:30 p.m. (Document 77)
  - Stimson–Hopkins–Marshall meeting, 2:30 p.m. (Document 78)
  - Meeting of United States production leaders with the British Minister of Supply, 2:30 p.m. (Document 79)
  - Meeting of the United States and British Chiefs of Staff, 4 p.m. (Document 80)
  - Churchill–Hopkins telephone conversation, 6:45 p.m. (Document 81)
- Tuesday, December 30, 1941 (Document 82)
  - Meeting of the United States and British Chiefs of Staff, 3 p.m. (Document 82)
- Wednesday, December 31, 1941 (Documents 83–85)
  - Meeting of the United States and British Chiefs of Staff, 2 p.m. (Document 83)
  - Stimson–Soong meeting, afternoon (Document 84)
  - Roosevelt–Hull telephone conversation, 4 p.m. (Document 85)
- Thursday, January 1, 1942 (Documents 86–90)
  - Roosevelt–Churchill–Litvinov luncheon meeting (Documents 86–87)
  - Meeting of Roosevelt and Churchill with their military advisers, about 6 p.m. (Documents 88–89)
  - Meeting for signing the Declaration by United Nations, 10 p.m. (Document 90)
- Friday, January 2, 1942 (Documents 91–92)
  - Roosevelt-Churchill-Hull meeting, 11:40 a.m. (Document 91)
  - Meeting of Roosevelt and Churchill with their advisers on shipping, noon (Document 92)
- Saturday, January 3, 1942 (Documents 93–94)
  - Roosevelt–Churchill luncheon meeting (Document 93)
  - Meeting of Roosevelt and Churchill with their advisers on war production, about 5 p.m. (Document 94)
- Sunday, January 4, 1942 (Documents 95–97)
  - Arnold conversations with Hopkins, Roosevelt, and Churchill (Document 95)
  - Meeting of Roosevelt and Churchill with their military advisers, 5:30 p.m. (Documents 96–97)
- Tuesday, January 6, 1942 (Document 98)
  - Hopkins–Litvinov luncheon meeting (Document 98)
- Saturday, January 10, 1942 (Document 99)
  - Meeting of the United States and British Chiefs of Staff, 3 p.m. (Document 99)
- Sunday, January 11, 1942 (Documents 100–103)
  - Meeting of the United States and British Chiefs of Staff, 4 p.m. (Document 100)
  - Roosevelt–Marshall meeting, 5:30 p.m. (Document 101)
  - Meeting of Roosevelt and Churchill with their advisers on war production, 9:30 p.m. (Document 102)
  - Roosevelt–Churchill meeting, evening (Document 103)
- Monday, January 12, 1942 (Documents 104–108)
  - Meeting of the United States and British Chiefs of Staff, 4 p.m. (Document 104)
  - Meeting of Roosevelt and Churchill with their military advisers, 5:30 p.m. (Documents 105–107)
  - Dinner party at the British Embassy, 8 p.m. (Document 108)
- Tuesday, January 13, 1942 (Document 109)
  - Meeting of the United States and British Chiefs of Staff, 4 p.m. (Document 109)
- Wednesday, January 14, 1942 (Documents 110–113)
  - Meeting of the United States and British Chiefs of Staff, 3 p.m. (Document 110)
  - Roosevelt–Hopkins–Marshall meeting, about 5 p.m. (Document 111)
  - Meeting of Roosevelt and Churchill with their military advisers, 5:30 p.m. (Document 112)
  - Roosevelt–Churchill dinner meeting, evening (Document 113)
3. Conference Documents and Supplementary Papers: (Documents 114–258)
- A. Military Strategy and Command: (Documents 114–186)
  - (1) Grand Strategy; Establishment of the Combined Chiefs of Staff (Documents 114–121)
  - (2) The War Against Germany and Italy (Documents 122–144)
  - (3) The War Against Japan (Documents 145–186)
- B. War Production and Allocation (Documents 187–212)
- C. Declaration by United Nations (Documents 213–228)
- D. St. Pierre and Miquelon (Documents 229–246)
- E. The Free French Movement in the United States (Documents 247–248)
- F. Control of Telecommunication Facilities (Documents 249–255)
- G. Economic Aid to Spain (Documents 256–257)
- H. Sovereignty of Leased Bases (Document 258)