Editorial Note
No American record of this conversation has been found. The information set forth above is derived from the list of luncheons and dinners attended by Hopkins during the first Washington Conference (Hopkins Papers).
From Roosevelt’s reference to the conversation (post, p. 109) it appears that the principal subject was unity of military command. Churchill seems to have favored the organization of a central group at Washington to direct military forces in the Far East, while Roosevelt was more inclined toward the appointment of a commander in the area, mentioning Wavell as a possibility.