Editorial Note
The document referred to as the President’s Log is a booklet entitled “Log of the President’s Trip to Africa and the Middle East, November—December 1943” (66 regularly numbered pages of text, 16 pages at the front and the back bearing Roman numerals, and some 50 unnumbered pages containing illustrations and appendices). This booklet, which was prepared by Lieutenant (jg) William M. Rigdon, U. S. N., and approved by Rear Admiral Wilson Brown, U. S. N., contains a list of members of the President’s party, an itinerary, charts showing sea and air travel, a foreword, the main body of the Log, eleven appendices (a citation for General Eisenhower, the communiqués of the conferences held at Cairo and Tehran, the President’s talks at a United States Army camp at Tehran, etc.), and an index.
The itinerary, the foreword, and the portion of the main body of the Log covering November 11–21, 1943, are reproduced below. The portions of the main body of the Log covering the periods of the First Cairo, Tehran, and Second Cairo Conferences are reproduced later in this volume.