740.0011 Moscow/11–243
Memorandum of Conversation67
| Participants: | The Secretary |
| Mr. Anthony Eden | |
| Sir Archibald Clark Kerr | |
| Mr. W. A. Harriman |
Mr. Eden, accompanied by the British Ambassador, called on the Secretary at 6:00 PM and remained about twenty minutes. Mr. Harriman was present during the discussion.
Mr. Eden showed Mr. Hull the cable which the Prime Minister had dispatched to the President suggesting that Mr. Hull and Mr. Eden remain in North Africa and that the President advance his date of departure to the 9th of November. He gave also the proposed schedule of meetings between himself and the President and the preliminary meetings of the Chiefs of Staff. The Prime Minister recommended to the President that the Soviet staff be invited in the second [Page 697] phase of their discussions, possibly with Molotov. The Prime Minister spoke of the Conference as “a stupendous success”.
Mr. Hull explained to Mr. Eden that he was planning to fly straight home to Washington and, if there were no delays, he should arrive there by the 9th. He said that the President had already agreed to remain till the 11th. Both Mr. Eden and Mr. Hull expressed strong preference for returning to London and Washington respectively rather than waiting in North Africa.
- Presumably drafted by Mr. Averell Harriman.↩