January 3rd, 1942

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:15am

Retired from previous day

Note: Retired from Previous Day

White House

USH

11:55am –

12:10pm

Harry L. Hopkins, Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Chief Frank Wilson, Mike Reilly

White House

USH

12:10pm –

1:20pm

Budget Dir. Harold D. Smith, Asst. Budget Dir. John B. Blandford

Note: Time conflict with Stenographers Diary and Tully Diary.

White House

USH, TU, STE, PAI

1:20pm –

2:35pm

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

Note: Start time conflict with Stenographer's Diary. The "Foreign Relations of the United States" does not list Lord Beaverbrook as attending.

White House

USH, FR

2:35pm

To Office

White House

USH

3:15pm

Asst. Sec. of State Adolf A. Berle, Jr.

Office

STE, TU, PAI

4:55pm

Returned from Office

White House

USH

5:05pm –

5:45pm

(tea) Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Norway

White House

USH

5:45pm –

6:20pm

Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Lord Beaverbrook, VP Henry A. Wallace, William S. Knudsen, Donald Nelson, Harry L. Hopkins

Note: "Foreign Relations of the United States" does not list Henry A. Wallace as attending.

White House

USH, FR, TU, PAI

6:30pm –

7:30pm

To Doctor's office

White House

USH

8:00pm –

9:00pm

(dinner) Grace G. Tully, Harry L. Hopkins, Judge Samuel I. Rosenman, Robert E. Sherwood

Note: Retired > 12:00 midnight

White House

USH

ER

In Washington, DC

USH

Houseguests

Mrs. Eliot Pratt and Joseph Lash (left 11:08), Mrs. Henry G. Leach (left 12:50)

USH

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

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