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

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

Prime Minister Churchill to President Roosevelt

secret

[Cairo, December 9 (?), 1943.]¹

509. Prime Minister to President Roosevelt. Most secret and personal.

1. I gave the paper in my immediately following to Inönü.² They have asked for 4 days in which to consult their Parliament but meanwhile will allow build up to begin and 250 specialists are starting forthwith. On the whole I am hopeful. Vyshinsky liked the layout.

2. … I am tidying up with the King of Greece and expect a solution and arrangement in harmony with your feelings.³ Every good wish to you and Harry.

1. Sent by the United States Military Attaché London, at 9:48 a.m. on December 9, 1943. The time of origination in Cairo does not appear on the source text.
2. Annex A to the minutes of the Churchill-Inönü meeting of December 7, 1943, ante, p. 755.
3. See post, pp. 844, 850.