Sighted the island of Sicily, bearing 055, distant 50 miles.

Sighted the islands of Goza and Malta, bearing 115, distant 32 miles.

Passed through the submarine net-gate and entered Grand Harbor, Valetta, Malta. FDR was on deck as the USS Quincy entered port. From the very large crowd evident, it appeared that all Malta was out to greet him. Both sides of the Channel were lined with the people of Malta.

Note: The Malta Conference took place from Jan. 30 to Feb. 2, 1945. The United States and the United Kingdom were the participants. FDR attended only on the last day, Feb. 2.

The USS Quincy moored, starboard side to, at berth 9 in Grand Harbor, Valetta, Malta. The USS Memphis (light cruiser and flagship of Vice Adm. H. K. Hewitt, USN, Commander Eighth Fleet) was present in Malta. Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill and his party were at Grand Harbor and witnessed FDR's arrival from the deck of the HMS Sirius (light cruiser), moored across the channel from where the USS Quincy tied up. FDR received all visitors on the deck of the USS Quincy during the morning. Log notes various messages from Winston S. Churchill to FDR concerning bad health conditions at Yalta, USSR.

Note: FDR joined Malta Conference on its last day

Sec. of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., W. Averell Harriman, Harry L. Hopkins. Sgt. Robert Hopkins came on board with his father Harry L. Hopkins.

Lt. Gen. Sir Edmond Schreiber (Governor General of Malta)

Adm. Sir John Cunningham (Allied Naval Commander in Chief, Mediterranea)

Gen. George C. Marshall, joined a short time later by Adm. Ernest J. King and Adm. William D. Leahy

Adm. Harold R. Stark (Commander, US Naval Forces, Europe) and Vice Adm. Hewitt

Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill and his daughter, Section Officer Sarah Oliver (WAAF)

Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary

(lunch) Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Anthony Eden, Sec. of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Mrs. Sarah Oliver, Mrs. John Boettiger.

Gov. Gen. Sir Edmond Schreiber, Mrs. Schreiber, Miss Schreiber, Mrs. John Boettiger.

Vice Adm. Emory S. Land, USN (Ret.), Director of War Shipping Administration

FDR, Sir Edmond Schreiber, Mrs. Schreiber, Miss Schreiber, Mrs. Oliver and Mrs. John Boettiger left the ship for a 30-mile auto drive about the island of Malta. They visited the countryside and the towns of Medina, Chajn, Tuffieha and Valetta. They also visited the Palace Square in Valetta, where FDR was shown the stone replica of the scroll that he presented to the people of Malta on his previous visit, 12/8/43.

Returned to the ship with Mrs. John Boettiger

US Joint Chiefs of Staff, including Adm. William D. Leahy, Gen. George C. Marshall, Adm. Ernest J. King, and Maj. Gen. L. S. Kuter (representing Gen. Henry Harley Arnold, who was ill and did not attend the conference)

Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill and the British and American Chiefs of Staff, including Adm. William D. Leahy, Gen. George C. Marshall, Adm. Ernest J. King, Maj. Gen. Kuter, Field Marshal H. Maitland Wilson, Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles F.A. Portal, Fleet Adm. Sir A. B. Cunningham, Gen. Sir Hastings L. Ismay, Maj. Gen. Jacob. The combined Chiefs of Staff had been inconference at Malta for several days; this was the first plenary meeting with FDR and Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill.

(dinner) Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Anthony Eden, Sec. of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., James F. Byrnes, Adm. William D. Leahy, Mrs. Sarah Oliver, Mrs. John Boettiger

Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Anthony Eden, Mrs. Sarah Oliver left the ship.

Left the USS Quincy by automobile for the Luqa Airfield, Malta. On arrival at the airfield, embarked in assigned aircraft to await scheduled departure times and retired at once.

In New York, NY