May 6th, 1943

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

12:30am –

1:15am

U Sec. of State Sumner Welles

White House

USH

1:25am

Retired from previous day

White House

USH

9:30am –

10:00am

Treasury Sec. Henry Morgenthau, Jr.

White House

USH

11:02am

To Office

White House

USH

11:15am

(Adm. William D. Leahy)

Office

STE, PAI

11:30am

(Assoc. Justice James F. Byrnes, Harry L. Hopkins)

Office

STE, PAI

12:00pm

Colombian Amb. Alberto Lleras

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:15pm

Costa Rica Amb. Don Carlos Manuel Escalante

Office

STE, TU, PAI

12:30pm

George McCullough

Office

STE, TU, PAI

1:00pm

(lunch) Robert E. Sherwood

Office

STE, TU, PAI

5:20pm

Returned from Office (Doctor's office.)

Office

USH

6:00pm –

7:10pm

Motoring to "Pook's Hill" for Crown Princess Martha; called for Princess de Bourbon enroute.

White House

USH

7:30pm –

11:30pm

(dinner) Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Hopkins, James V. Forrestal, Crown Princess Martha and Princess de Bourbon.

"Pook's Hill", MD

USH

11:45pm

Retired

White House

USH

ER

In Washington, DC, traveled by air to New York, NY in the afternoon

USH

Houseguest

The President of Bolivia and Minister of Foreign Affairs Elio (left 10:58)

USH

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

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