Foreign Relations of the United States, Conferences at Washington and Quebec, 1943

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

Prime Minister Churchill to President Roosevelt ¹

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London, 22 July 1943.

376. Former Naval Person to President personal and most secret.

1. Your number 320² we can make any date you like from 10th inclusive to 17th or even later, but on military grounds we think the sooner the better.

2. I send you in my immediately following a telegram from the High Commissioner³ about the Canadian position and my reply, with which I hope you will be in agreement. If not, let me know.

3. As soon as I have your final date, I will tell Mackenzie King, as local preparations should not be begun till we are on the way.

1. Channel of transmission not indicated.
2. Supra.
3. Malcolm MacDonald.