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

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

The Director of War Mobilization (Byrnes) to the President¹

Washington, November 26, 1943.

Cablegram for the President:

Increased landing craft program submitted Wednesday² possible only if we immediately issue directive giving priority over all programs any kind. Please wire whether I shall have Nelson issue directive.³

Byrnes

1. Sent by the White House Map Room, via military channels.
2. November 24, 1943; ante, p. 395.
3. For the reply sent by Hopkins, see post, p. 617. Byrnes states (All In One Lifetime, p. 204) that he sent another telegram to Roosevelt later the same day in which he suggested that the President might count on 15 percent more output than was indicated in the cautious figures in his telegram of November 24, 1943. It has not been possible to find a copy of this additional telegram of November 26 in official files.