January 1st, 1942
Transcript
| Times | Log | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
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1:15am |
Retired from previous day |
White House |
USH |
|
10:45am – 1:20pm |
To Services at Christ Church, Alexandria, VA accompanied by ER, Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Lord and Lady Halifax, Mrs. Hamlin, Miss Malvina Thompson, Mr. Lash, Diana Hopkins, Comdr. Thompson, Gen. Edwin M. Watson, Capt. John R. Beardall; thence to Mt. Vernon, VA where Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill laid a wreath |
Washington, DC |
USH, TU |
|
1:40pm – 2:35pm |
(lunch) 9 invited guests. "Foreign Relations of the United States" has a luncheon meeting with Harry L. Hopkins, Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Soviet Amb. Maxim Litvinov. It is not clear that this is the same lunch. Subject: Joint Declaration |
White House |
USH, FR |
|
2:35pm |
From dining room to Office |
White House |
USH |
|
5:10pm |
Returned from Office via Doctor's office |
Office |
USH |
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5:30pm |
Sec. of State Cordell Hull, Sumner Wells, Adm. Harold R. Stark, Adm. Ernest J. King, Gen. George C. Marshall, Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, British Amb. Lord Halifax, Adm. of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, Air Marshall Sir Charles Portal, Gen. Sir John Dill, Harry L. Hopkins Note: It is not clear if this is a separate meeting or the 1740 or 1825 meeting. Several of the attendees are the same. |
Office |
TU, PAI |
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5:40pm – 6:25pm |
Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, British Amb. Lord Halifax, Sec. of State Cordell Hull, Harry L. Hopkins |
White House |
USH |
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6:25pm – 7:45pm |
Gen. George C. Marshall, Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Adm. Harold R. Stark, Adm. Ernest J. King, Adm. Richmond K. Turner, Brig. Gen. L. T. Gerow. "Foreign Relations of the United States" covers a meeting about 6 PM with the previously mentioned participants. It also lists Harry L. Hopkins, Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Lord Beaverbrook, Adm. of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, Field Marshal Dill, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal as being present. It is not clear this is the same meeting. |
White House |
USH, FR, PAI |
|
8:00pm – 9:20pm |
(dinner) Household, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Guest, Lowell Mellett |
White House |
USH |
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9:45pm – 10:14pm |
Soviet Amb. Maxim Litvinov, British Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Harry L. Hopkins. "Foreign Relations of the United States" covers a meeting at 2200 with FDR, Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Chinese Min. Dr. T. V. Soong, Amb. Maxim Litvinov, Harry L. Hopkins at which the first four signed the declaration. Further signatures were affixed on Jan. 2, 1942. Note: End time inconsistency with start time of meeting with Dr. Soong Subject: Joint Declaration |
White House |
USH, FR, PAI |
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10:00pm – 10:14pm |
Chinese Min. Dr. T. V. Soong Note: Start time inconsistency with end time of meeting with Litvinov, et al. |
White House |
USH |
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12:00am |
Retired |
White House |
USH |
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ER |
In Washington, DC |
USH |
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Houseguests |
Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Comdr. Thompson, John Martin (arr. 9:15 a.m.) |
USH |
USH = White House Usher's Diary, STE = Stenographer's Diary, PC = Press Conference, TU = Tully's Appointment Diary
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January 1 1942 - Stenographers Diary
January 1 1942 - Ushers Log
