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

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

President Roosevelt to Prime Minister Churchill ¹

secret

[Hyde Park,] August 29, 1943.

To the Prime Minister, Quadrant . Number 349.

In response to Eisenhower’s Naf 342² (Copy of which has been sent to you by the British Staff Mission) I have sent him a message³ authorizing him to proceed with military terms, obtain signature, and then give Italian representative the comprehensive terms. I have taken this action because time is of the essence.⁴

Roosevelt

1. Sent to the White House Map Room at Washington. Channel of transmission from Washington to Churchill, who was still in Canada, not indicated.
2. Ante, p. 1182.
3. Supra.
4. Concerning British approval of Eisenhower’s use of the “short” or “military” terms, see Macmillan, p. 316.