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

Roosevelt Papers

Prime Minister Churchill’s Principal Private Secretary (Martin) to the President’s Naval Aide (Brown)

Washington, [September 8, 1943.]

Admiral Wilson Brown. In confirmation of our telephone conversation, the Prime Minister has been informed by Mr. Mackenzie King that he has no objection to the terms of the proposed statement on U–Boat Warfare in August.

I should be grateful if you will let me know whether the draft is approved on your side, so that simultaneous publication on September 10 can be arranged.¹

J[ohn] M[iller] Martin

8.9.43.

1. Attached to this memorandum is a draft statement which is identical to the one suggested in Alexander’s telegram of September 4, 1943 (ante, p. 1301), except that the heading has been changed to read: “Statement Issued by the President and the Prime Minister.”