President Roosevelt to the British Prime Minister (Churchill)8
[Washington,] 11 February,
1943.
Personal for the Former Naval Person8a from the President, despatch No. 260.
That is an excellent thought about Anthony Eden. Delighted to have him come—the sooner the better.
Your speech9 was grand and will do lots of good everywhere.
Roosevelt
- Copy of telegram obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N.Y.↩
- Code name for Prime Minister Churchill.↩
- Mr. Churchill’s speech in the House of Commons, February 11, 1943, concerning the Casablanca Conference; for text, see Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons, 5th series, vol. 386, cols. 1468, 1473–1478.↩