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

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

Prime Minister Churchill to President Roosevelt ¹

secret

[On Board the “Queen Mary”,] May 10, 1943.

Naval Person to President most secret and personal number 294.

Since yesterday we have been surrounded by U. S. Navy and we all greatly appreciate high value you evidently set upon our continued survival. I look forward to being at White House with you tomorrow afternoon and also to going to Hyde Park with you at weekend.² The voyage has been so far most agreeable and Staff have done vast amount of work.

Prime

1. Sent by the American Embassy at London, presumably via Navy channels.
2. In Hinge of Fate, p. 789, Churchill recalls that Roosevelt “brushed aside” his suggestion that he stay at the British Embassy. See ante, p. 17.