To Office

(Soviet Amb. Maxim Litvinov)

Note: Stenographer's log merely has entry ( )

(lunch) Canadian Prime Min. William L. Mackenzie King

Cabinet

Supply Group - Lord Beaverbrook, VP Henry A. Wallace, War U Sec Robert P. Patterson, Navy U Sec. James V. Forrestal, Commerce Sec. Jesse Jones, Asst. War Sec. for Air Robert A. Lovett, Harry L. Hopkins, Don Nelson, William L. Batt (O.P.M.), William S. Knudsen, Leon Henderson, and British Battalion.

Subject: War Production

Military Naval Group: British Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, War Sec. Henry L. Stimson, Navy Sec. Frank Knox, Harry L. Hopkins, Gen. George C. Marshall (Chief of Staff), Adm. Harold R. Stark (Chief of Naval Ops.), Adm. Ernest J. King, Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Rear Adm. Sexton, Rear Adm. Richmond K. Turner, Brig. Gen. Gerow, Maj. Saxton, Lord Beaverbrook, Adm. Sir Dudley Pound (UK), Field Marshal Sir John Dill, and Air Marshal Sir Charles Portal.

Note: President's Appointment Index calls this meeting "Allied War Council"

Subject: Tonnage and Far East

Returned from Office

(tea) British Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Freeman Matthews

Sec. of State Cordell Hull, Canadian Prime Min. William L. Mackenzie King, British Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill

Note: Winston S. Churchill , Cordell Hull, and King are mentioned in "Foreign Relations of the United States" as present at a late afternoon meeting.

Subject: St. Pierre and Miquelon

To Doctor's office

(cocktails - Study) ER, guests

(dinner) ER, 9 guests. Movie. "Foreign Relations of the United States" mentions a dinner meeting involving FDR, Harry L. Hopkins, and British Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill occuring in the evening. It is not clear if it is this dinner or a subsequent one.

Note: Retired at 0135 next day

Subject: Unity of Military Command

In Washington, DC

Miss Mayris Chaney (dep. 5:30)