Office of the Historian

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

Prime Minister Churchill to President Roosevelt 1

most secret
London,2 11 August 1943.

Former Naval Person to President. Personal and most secret. Number 409.3

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It is quite cool here and very pleasant and everything is ready for you in Citadel which is admirably suited to our needs. It was indeed a happy inspiration which led you to suggest this particular rendezvous at this particular moment in Canadian politics.

  1. Channel of transmission not indicated.↩
  2. The message originated at Quebec but was apparently transmitted via London.↩
  3. For the passages not printed here, see post, p. 578.↩