May 17th, 1943

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:55pm

Returned from "Shangri-La" accompanied by Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill and party

"Shangri-La"

STE, USH

1:00pm –

2:10pm

(lunch - Study) (Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Harry L. Hopkins, Bernard M. Baruch)

Note: The North African discussions covered the possibility of settling refugees in North Africa.

Subject: Magnesium and North Africa

White House

STE, TU, USH, FR

2:10pm

To Office

White House

USH

2:30pm

(Col. E. H. Alexander)

Office

STE, TU, PAI

2:45pm

(Treasury Sec. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Assoc. Justice James F. Byrnes, Benjamin V. Cohen, Randolph Paul)

Office

STE, PAI

3:30pm

Gen. George C. Marshall

Office

STE, TU, PAI

7:00pm

Returned from Office via Doctor's office

Office

USH

7:45pm –

10:40pm

(dinner) ER, List (20); Movie - "Divide and Conquer"

White House

USH

ER

In Washington, DC

USH

USH = White House Usher's Diary, STE = Stenographer's Diary, PC = Press Conference, TU = Tully's Appointment Diary

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