Office of the Historian

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

Prime Minister Churchill to President Roosevelt 1

most secret
London, 4 August 1943.

Former Naval Person to President. Personal and most secret. Nr. 404.

Reference your telegram nr. 340.2 On suggestion of Mr. Mackenzie King words “later on” will be substituted for “thereafter” in last sentence of proposed announcement and latter will not be issued until after arrival at Abraham .

  1. Channel of transmission to Washington not indicated. Forwarded by the White House Map Room to Roosevelt, who was then at Birch Island, as telegram No. White 42.↩
  2. Supra.↩