May 12th, 1943

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:20am

Retired from previous day

White House

USH

11:10am

To Office

White House

USH

11:30am

Comdr. Roane Waring (American Legion), Warren H. Atherton

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:45am

Edward J. Kelly (Mayor of Chicago, IL)

Office

STE, USH, PAI

12:30pm

Clifford T. McAvoy, Michael Quill, Saul Mills, Albert Stonkus, Miss Josephine Timms

Office

STE, TU, PAI

1:00pm

Returned from Office

Office

USH

1:00pm –

2:30pm

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

White House

STE, TU, USH, PAI

2:30pm –

4:10pm

Conference - Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Harry L. Hopkins, Adm. Sir Dudley Pound, Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Lt. Gen. Sir Hastings Ismay, Brig. E. C. Jacob, Gen. Sir Alan Brooke, Air Marshall Sir Charles Portal, Adm. Ernest J. King, Adm. William D. Leahy, Gen. George C. Marshall, Lt. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, Brig. Gen. John R. Deane

Note: Joint Chiefs of Staff minutes describe the meeting.

White House

STE, USH, FR, PAI

4:10pm

To Office

White House

USH

4:45pm

Returned from Office to Diplomatic Reception Room

Office

USH

5:00pm

President of Czechoslovakia Eduard Benes and party received honors on grounds, then were received in Diplomatic Reception Room by FDR, Cabinet and Mrs. John Boettiger

White House

STE, USH, PAI

5:15pm –

6:05pm

(tea - South Portico) President of Czechoslovakia Eduard Benes and party, Sec. of State Cordell Hull, American Military and Naval Aides

White House

USH

6:05pm –

7:10pm

To Doctor's office.

White House

USH

8:00pm –

10:10pm

(dinner) - List (38)

White House

USH

10:10pm –

1:10am

President of Czechoslovakia Eduard Benes, Dr. Smutny, Czechoslovakian Amb. Vladimir Hurban

White House (Study)

USH, PAI

ER

In New York, NY

USH

Houseguest

Capt. John Boettiger (left 8:20), President of Czechoslovakia Eduard Benes, Dr. Smutny, Chief of Cabinet (arr. 5:00)

USH

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

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