Office of the Historian

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

President Roosevelt to Marshal Stalin1

[Tunis,] 20 November 1943.

For Marshal Stalin personal and secret from the President.

I have just landed. I am sorry about Mr. Molotov and hope he is all well again.2 I will be glad to see him with you in Teheran. Let me know when you expect to get there. I will be in Cairo from tomorrow on and Mr. Churchill will be nearby.

I am sincerely happy about the fine continuance of your gains.

Roosevelt
  1. Sent to the White House, apparently via military channels; forwarded to the Department of State; and forwarded further by the Department to the Embassy, Moscow, in telegram 1248, November 20, 1943, 7 p.m. Telegram 1248 was marked “US Urgent” and “Secret for the Ambassador or Hamilton”, and began “Please have the following message from the President delivered immediately.”↩
  2. See ante, p. 87, footnote 5.↩