Foreign Relations of the United States, The Conferences at Washington, 1941–1942, and Casablanca, 1943

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

President Roosevelt to Prime Minister Churchill ¹

secret
urgent-priority

[Washington,] January 2, 1943.

Personal and secret for the Former Naval Person from the President No. 252. Your 251:

1. I heartily approve your Paragraph One.

2. The aliases from this end will be (a) Don Quixote and (b) Sancho Panza.

3. No press correspondents. I will bring one Navy Photographer and we can join in joint release.

4. I honestly think de Gaulle would feel happier if he postponed visit until after “ Symbol”. Also I would find great difficulty in giving him any time even if he were to leave at once.

Roosevelt

1. Sent to the United States Naval Attaché, London, via Navy channels.