Roosevelt Papers
Prime Minister Churchill to President Roosevelt
My Dear Friend, Would you let me have your views on the following suggested time-table:
- Wednesday, 13th—Plenary Meeting with Chiefs of Staff.
- Thursday, 14th, and Friday, 15th—their further discussions.
- They should report to us the evening of Friday, 15th, enabling a final Plenary to take place on Saturday, 16th.
It would probably be in conformity with, your wishes to return to Hyde Park on Saturday. If agreeable to you I would follow by Air with Clemmie early on Monday, 18th, and stay with you Monday and Tuesday. We could then have anyone necessary to wind up outstanding points. I must depart on Wednesday, 20th.
I have asked Eden to come over if possible tomorrow, so he should be here on Thursday or Friday. There are several important things to discuss with him including recognition of the French Provisional Government, as to which I am by no means convinced, I do not know whether you would require to have Hull or Stettinius for Friday, 15th.
One of the most important things I have to discuss with you is Stage II. Would Thursday, 14th, do for that?—in which case I hope you could have Morgenthau present. This matter is considered of extreme and vital importance by the British Government, for reasons which are only too painfully apparent.
Yours always,