Roosevelt Papers: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the President1
For the President from Ambassador Winant.
1. I have just received the following confidential communication dated January 13th from Mr. Eden regarding a matter which you discussed with him at your recent meeting in Egypt: [Page 871]
“13th January, 1944. My dear Ambassador,
“1. Before I left Egypt the President mentioned to me that Father Hughes, an English priest who is at present in charge of the Apostolic Delegation in Cairo, had complained to him of the treatment by the authorities concerned of Italian priests and nuns who had been arrested or interned.2 I told the President at the time that I was sure that there was another side to this question, and informed Lord Killearn of the conversation. I have now in front of me several reports from Lord Killearn which show that I was right, and that Father Hughes, in making these complaints, had, to say the least, allowed his heart to rule his head.[”]
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