Office of the Historian

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

President Roosevelt to Marshal Stalin1

secret
[Cairo,] December 3, 1943.

To Marshal Stalin personal and secret from the President.

I have arrived safely at my destination and earnestly hope that by this time you have done the same. I consider that the conference was a great success and I am sure that it was an historic event in the assurance not only of our ability to wage war together but to work in the utmost harmony for the peace to come. I enjoyed very much our personal talks together and particularly the opportunity of meeting you face to face. I look forward to seeing you again. In the meantime I wish you and your Armies the greatest success.2

  1. Sent to Washington, via military channels, and forwarded by the White House Map Room to Moscow, via Navy channels, on December 4, 1943.↩
  2. For Stalin’s acknowledgment, dated December 6, 1943, see Stalin’s Correspondence, vol. ii, p. 112.↩