Office of the Historian

Hopkins Papers: Telegram

The President’s Special Assistant (Hopkins) to the Director of War Mobilization (Byrnes)1

[Tehran,] November 28, 1943.

Extensive studies of various problems required before decision can be reached.2 In meantime you should proceed as before the question of increase in landing craft was raised.

  1. Sent to Washington via military channels, and forwarded by the White House Map Room to Byrnes.↩
  2. See Byrnes’ telegrams of November 24 and 27, 1943, pp. 395 and 444, respectively.↩