August 8th, 1942

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:10am

Retired from previous day

White House

USH

11:00am

Paul V. McNutt

Note: Time conflict - Usher's Diary shows FDR going to his office at 11:40

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:40am

To Office

White House

USH

1:15pm

Returned from Office

White House

USH

1:20pm

(lunch) Margaret Suckley

Note: Tully Diary and Stenographer's Diary list lunch 1t 1300.

White House

USH, TU, STE

2:25pm

Motoring to "Shangri-La" accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Archibald MacLeish, Judge and Mrs. Samuel I. Rosenman, Margaret Suckley, Grace G. Tully

White House

USH

ER

Returned from New York, NY in early morning, In Washington, DC, to New York, NY in the afternoon

USH

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

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