Office of the Historian

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

The President’s Special Assistant (Hopkins) to the Ambassador in Turkey (Steinhardt)1

urgent
[Cairo,] December 3, 1943.

Major John Boettiger is accompanying President’s plane to Adana today for purpose of extending President’s greetings to President Inonu on his arrival and accompanying him on trip. Randolph Churchill on similar mission in Prime Minister’s plane. The President would be pleased to have Inonu ride in American plane.

Hopkins
  1. Sent to Washington via miUtary channels; forwarded by the White House Map Room to the Department of State; and further forwarded by the Department to Ankara (740.0011 EW 1939/32358c). The text as forwarded to Steinhardt was labeled “personal and secret”.↩