Office of the Historian

Meeting of the Pacific War Council, 12:05 p.m. 1

1. Regarding the origin of the Pacific War Council, see the editorial note relating to the 12th meeting, June 25, 1942, Foreign Relations, The Conferences at Washington, 1941–1942, and Casablanca, 1943, p. 448.

Present
United States United Kingdom Canada
President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill Prime Minister Mackenzie King2
Mr. Hopkins Ambassador Halifax Minister McCarthy
China Australia New Zealand
Foreign Minister Soong Minister for External Affairs Evatt First Secretary of Legation Cox (representing Minister Nash)
Netherlands Philippines
Ambassador Loudon President Quezon

[53] Memorandum by the President’s Naval Aide (Brown)

Washington, May 20, 1943.

Roosevelt Papers

  1. For the exchange of telegrams regarding Roosevelt’s invitation to Mackenzie King to attend the meeting of the Pacific War Council, see post, pp. 333–334.↩