Roosevelt Papers: Telegram
President Roosevelt to Prime Minister Churchill1
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Number 543. Personal and top secret. From the President for the Former Naval Person.
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Conditions here will not permit of my visiting the U.K. shortly after D–day, and after consultation with my Joint Chiefs of Staff I do not believe that a full staff meeting at that time is necessary.
Small staff conversations can and will be conducted immediately after the attack is launched.
[Page 6]At a later date after our forces are established on the Continent it does appear necessary to have a full Staff meeting to decide upon our future moves, and I hope and expect that it will then be possible for me to be present.
I join you in a hope that the present magnificent performance of our Forces in Italy will continue and inflict a major disaster upon the enemy. Things look well at this moment.