December 27th, 1941
Transcript
Times | Log | Location | Source |
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1:35am |
Retired from previous day |
White House |
USH |
10:10am – 10:50am |
War Sec. Henry L. Stimson, Gen. George C. Marshall (Chief of Staff), Gen. Henry H. Arnold Subject: Unity of Military Command |
White House (Study) |
USH, STE, FR, TU |
12:00pm – 12:35pm |
Chiefs of Missions of South American Republics, British Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill co-host: Argentinian Amb. Felipe A. Espil, Bolivian Min. Dr. Luis Fernando Guachalla, Chilean Amb. Rodolfo Michels, Colombian Amb. Dr. Gabriel Turbay, Costa Rican Min. Dr. Luis Fernandez, Cuban Amb. Dr. Aurelio F. Concheso, Dominican Min. Dr. Jesus Maria Troncoso, Ecuadorian Amb. Capitan Colon Eloy Alfaro, El Salvadoran Min. Dr. Hector David Castro, Guatemalan Min. Dr. Adrian Recinos, Haitian Min. Fernand Dennis, Honduran Min. Dr. Julian R. Caceres, Mexican Amb. Dr. Francisco Castillo Najera, Nicaraguan Min. Dr. Don Leon DeBayle, Panamanian Amb. Ernesto Jaen Guardia, Paraguayan Min. Dr. Juan Jose Soler, Peruvian Amb. Manuel de Freyre y Santander, Uruguayan Amb. Dr. Juan Carlos Blanco, Venezuelan Amb. Dr. Don Diogenes Escalante Note: Memorandum by the Mexican Amb. Castillo Najera documents this meeting. A translation is in "Foreign Relations of the United States" Subject: Status of the War |
White House (Red Parlor) |
STE, USH, FR, TU |
12:35pm – 1:05pm |
Chinese Amb. Dr. Hu Shih and the newly appointed Chinese Foreign Affairs Min. Dr. T. V. Soong. British Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill co-host in Red Parlor |
White House |
STE, USH, FR, TU |
1:05pm – 2:00pm |
(lunch - Study) British Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Soviet Amb. Maxim Litvinov, Harry L. Hopkins Subject: Declaration of Allied Unity |
White House |
STE, USH, FR, TU |
2:05pm – 2:40pm |
British Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Netherlands Min. Dr. A. Loudon |
White House - Study |
USH, TU, PAI |
3:00pm – 3:55pm |
British Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, British Amb. Lord Halifax, Canadian Prime Min. William L. Mackenzie King, Canadian Min. Leighton McCarthy, Australian Min. Richard G. Casey, South African Min. Ralph William Close, Agent General of India Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai |
White House - Red Parlor |
STE, USH, FR, TU |
3:30pm |
Chiefs of Missions of Allied Powers and Refugee Governments: Belgian Amb. (Count Robert van der Straten-Ponthoz), Chinese Amb. Dr. Hu Shih, Polish Amb. Jan Ciechanowski, Norwegian Min. Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne, Netherlands Min. Dr. A. Loudon, Greek Minister Cimon P. Diamantopoulos, Luxembourg Min. Hugues Le Gallais, Danish Min. Henrik de Kauffmann, Icelandic Minister Thor Thors Note: President's Appointment Index also lists, but crossed out: Russian Ambasssador, British Amb., South African Minister, Australian Minister Richard G. Casey. Not clear how this meeting relates to others for this afternoon. |
White House |
PAI |
4:00pm – 4:15pm |
Chiefs of missions of all nations at war with the Axis Powers (except those received earlier). British Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill co-host in Study. |
White House |
STE, USH, FR, TU |
5:35pm – 6:20pm |
To Doctor's office |
White House |
USH |
6:20pm – 7:30pm |
Sec. of State Cordell Hull, British Amb. Lord Halifax, British Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill |
White House |
STE, USH, FR, PAI |
7:30pm |
(cocktails - Red Parlor) ER and guests |
White House |
USH |
7:55pm – 8:50pm |
(dinner) ER, 15 guests |
White House |
USH |
9:15pm – 9:40pm |
Soviet Amb. Maxim Litvinov |
White House |
USH, FR |
9:40pm – 11:50pm |
Grace G. Tully Note: Retired at 0108 next day |
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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