January 2nd, 1942

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

9:10am –

9:25am

U Sec. of State Sumner Welles

White House

USH

10:45am

To Office

White House

USH

11:00am

Press Conf. PC#796

Office

PC, TU, STE

11:45am

Returned

White House

USH

11:50am –

12:25pm

(Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill Sec. of State Cordell Hull)

Subject: St. Pierre and Miquelon

White House

USH, FR, PAI

12:25pm –

1:20pm

Rear Adm. Emory S. Land, Commander Howard L. Vickery, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Arthur Salter, Harry L. Hopkins, Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill. "Foreign Relations of the United States" lists Vickery as a Captain.

Subject: Shipping

White House

USH, FR, TU, PAI

1:25pm –

2:00pm

(lunch - Study) Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Harry L. Hopkins

White House

USH, FR

2:05pm

To Office

White House

USH

2:05pm

Cabinet Meeting

Office

STE, TU

5:00pm

War Sec. Henry L. Stimson, Gen. George C. Marshall, Col. Sexton, Navy Sec. Frank Knox, Adm. Harold R. Stark, Netherlands Min. Dr. A. Loudon

Note: Tully Diary also lists General H. H. Arnold and Admiral Ernest J. King as attending.

Office

STE, TU, PAI

5:35pm

Returned from Office via Doctor's office

White House

USH

8:00pm –

9:00pm

(dinner - West Hall) Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Comdr. Thompson, John Martin, Harry L. Hopkins

Note: 12:15 Retires

White House

USH

ER

In Washington, DC

USH

Houseguests

Mrs. Eliot Pratt, Mrs. David Levy (arr. 4:05), Miss Naomi Block (arr. 5:35), Curtain Winsor and Billy Roosevelt (arr. 7:25), Mrs. Henry G. Leach (arr. 7:30)

USH

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

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