Office of the Historian

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

Prime Minister Churchill to President Roosevelt

most secret
London,1 26 August 1943.

414. Colonel Warden to President Roosevelt personal and most secret most immediate.

Should like to arrive Washington Wednesday 1st in time for dinner instead of Monday 30th. Hope this will not be inconvenient to you. I feel I require a little more rest. Will this be all right.

  1. The message originated in Canada but was transmitted to Washington via London. It was forwarded by the White House Map Room to Roosevelt, who was then at Hyde Park, in telegram No. White 130, August 26, 1943.↩