Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conferences at Cairo and Tehran, 1943

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

President Roosevelt to Prime Minister Churchill ¹

[ Hyde Park ,] June 18, 1943.

For: The Former Naval Person

From: The President

I did not get the message from Uncle Joe until two days after you got yours. I heartily approve of your message and am sending the following to Uncle Joe:

[Here follows Roosevelt’s message of June 18, 1943, to Stalin, supra.]

Max² and Averell ³ will be with you in a few days and Averell will tell you about the letter Joe Davies brought me from Moscow.⁴

Roosevelt

1. Sent to the White House, and forwarded by the White House Map Room, in paraphrase (marked “Secret”, “Operational Priority”, and—in the first paragraph—“Personal and secret”), to the United States Naval Attaché, London, via Navy channels.
2. Lord Beaverbrook.
3. W. Averell Harriman.
4. Letter of May 26, 1943, from Stalin to Roosevelt, ante, p. 6. For Harriman’s report of July 5, 1943, to Roosevelt on his talks with Churchill about this matter, see post, p. 13. For Hopkins’ reaction to Harriman’s mission, see Sherwood, p. 737.