December 22nd, 1941

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

10:00am –

10:20am

Mr. Wilson, Mike Reilly

White House

USH

10:50am –

11:10am

Soviet Amb. Maxim Litvinov

White House

STE, USH, TU, PAI

11:10am –

11:20am

Chinese Amb. Dr. Hu Shih

White House

STE, USH, TU, PAI

11:20am –

11:55am

Dutch Min. Dr. A. Loudon

White House

STE, USH, TU, PAI

11:55am –

12:17pm

Vincent Astor

White House

USH

12:19pm

To Office

White House

USH

1:00pm

(lunch) Harry L. Hopkins

Office

STE

1:45pm

Gen. Theodore Roosevelt

Office

STE, TU, PAI

2:00pm

Sen. Tom Connally (TX)

Office

STE, TU

5:30pm

Returned from Office

White House

USH

5:55pm –

6:50pm

By motor to meet British Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill and party

White House

USH

6:50pm

Returned with British Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Comdr. P. C. Thompson, John Martin, Insp. Thompson of Scotland Yard, Sgt. Dudigson of Scotland Yard, valet. Still pictures by car at South Entrance and movies in Diplomatic Reception Room

White House

STE, USH

7:05pm

(tea - West Hall) ER, Winston S. Churchill party

White House

USH

8:15pm

(cocktails - Red Parlor) ER

Note: Presumably for Churchill party

White House

USH

8:45pm

(dinner) ER, 17 guests

White House

USH

10:00pm –

12:35am

British Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Lord Halifax, Lord Beaverbrook, Sec. of State Cordell Hull, U Sec. of State Sumner Welles, Harry L. Hopkins in Study

Note: Cordell Hull and Sumner Welles left at 2400, Lord Halifax at 0005. Retired at 0050 next day

Subject: North Africa

White House

USH, FR

ER

Returned from New York, NY at 0720. In Washington, DC the rest of the day.

USH

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

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