740.0011 European War 1939/8–1744
Memorandum by the Secretary of State to President Roosevelt
I enclose a copy of a letter dated August 17, 1944 from Admiral Leahy,87 transmitting a telegram of July 10, 1944 from S.H.A.E.F. recommending the issuance at the proper moment of simultaneous orders of the day to the troops under the command of Marshal Stalin and Generals Eisenhower and Wilson to the effect that the final battle has begun and that “all is up” for Germany.
I see no objection to this proposal from the political point of view and consider it primarily a military matter. If you approve the proposal, you will no doubt wish to take it up with Churchill and Stalin.