May 19th, 1943

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

1:25am

Retired from previous day

White House

USH

11:10am

Rt. Rev. Francis J. Haas

Office

STE, TU, PAI

11:18am

To Office

White House

USH

11:30am

Returned from Office

Office

USH

11:50am –

12:05pm

Joined ER, Duke and Duchess of Windsor

White House

STE, TU, USH, PAI

12:00pm

Edward J. Flynn

Note: Time inconsistent w/ next entry

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:05pm

To Office

White House

USH

12:15pm

Rear Adm. William A. Glassford

Office

STE, TU, PAI

1:00pm

(lunch) Nelson Rockefeller

Office

STE, TU, PAI

5:00pm

(British Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Canadian Prime Min. William L. Mackenzie King)

Office

STE, PAI

6:00pm

Returned from Office via Doctor's office

Office

USH

6:00pm –

7:07pm

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

White House

STE, TU, USH, FR

7:50pm –

11:40pm

(dinner) Household, Crown Princess Martha and Mme. Oestgaard

White House

USH

11:40pm

Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill and Canadian Prime Min. William L. Mackenzie King. A separate meeting of FDR and King is also indicated.

Note: No specific time is given for this meeting in "Foreign Relations of the Untied States". It is described as taking place in the evening.

Subject: Postwar International Organizations

White House

FR

ER

In Washington, DC, flew to New York, NY in the afternoon

USH

Houseguest

Prime Min. of Canada William L. Mackenzie King (arr. 11:00), Prime Min. Churchill and party went to Capital for an address and lunch (12:10 to 3:00)

USH

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

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