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Hopkins Papers

The Presidents Special Assistant (Hopkins) to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Eden), and Reply1

[Cairo, December 5 (?), 1943.]

Anthony Has he2 been told squadrons do not go in until Feb 15? Is there good reason not to tell him

Harry

Yes; he has been told. Winston gave him a paper this afternoon.3 He understands, but issue is he won’t agree to flying in until his army is ready. This looks like a long job.

  1. This exchange of handwritten notes presumably occurred during the quadripartite dinner meeting of December 5, 1943, ante, p. 733.↩
  2. Presumably Inönü.↩
  3. The paper under reference was presumably the “plan” mentioned in the tripartite meeting that afternoon; see ante, p. 714.↩