November 23rd, 1943
Transcript
| Times | Log | Location | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
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9:00am |
Informal calls by: A. Y. Vyshinksy (First Assistant Commissar for Foreign Affairs, USSR), W. Averell Harriman, Charles E. Bohlen (US State Dept.), Adm. Mountbatten, Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler, Gen. Wedemeyer, Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill and his daughter Mrs. Sarah Oliver, Generalissimo and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek, Gen's. Shang Chen, Lin Wei and Chu Shih Ming Note: No time given (merely says "during forenoon). 0900 assumed, though these visitors apparently did not all call at the same time |
Cairo, Egypt |
FR |
|
11:00am |
First plenary meeting. For the US: FDR (chairman), Harry L. Hopkins, Adm. William D. Leahy, Gen. George C. Marshall, Adm. Ernest J. King, Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, Lt. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell, Maj. Gen. Stratemeyer, Maj. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler, Maj. Gen. Chennault, Maj. Gen. Wedemeyer. For UK: Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Gen. Brooke, Air Chief Marshal Portal, Adm. of the Fleet Cunningham, Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Lt. Gen. Ismay, Adm. Mountbatten, Lt. Gen. Carton de Wiart. For China: Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Mme. Chiang Kai-shek, Gen. Shang, Lt. Gen. Lin, Maj. Gen. Chu. Secretariat: Brig. Hollis, Capt. Royal. |
Cairo, Egypt |
TRP, FR |
|
1:30pm |
(lunch) Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Mrs. Oliver, Harry L. Hopkins, Comdr. C. R. Thompson, R. H. (Winston S. Churchill's naval aide), Mr. J. F. Martin (Winston S. Churchill's secretary). Note: WSC's naval aide is identified only by his initials R.H. |
Cairo, Egypt |
TRP, FR |
|
3:15pm – 4:10pm |
FDR with Lt. (jg) Rigdon, worked on his mail, signing Congressional bills: HR No. 244, 273, 400, 560, 800, 1049, 1144, 1202, 1206, 1435, 1498, 1555, 1622, 1666, 1769, 1887, 1889, 1918, 1920, 2182, 2244, 2600, 2675, 2824, 2905, 2915, 3331. |
Cairo, Egypt |
TRP, FR |
|
4:15pm |
With Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill acting as host, FDR, Winston S. Churchill, Mrs. Oliver, Adm. Wilson Brown, Ross T. McIntire, and Gen. Edwin M. Watson left FDR's villa for an automobile trip to the nearby pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. |
Cairo, Egypt |
TRP, FR |
|
5:15pm |
FDR, Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill and members of their party returned to FDR's villa. Elliott Roosevelt arrived in Cairo, Egypt from Tunis, Tunisia and was quartered in FDR's villa during his visit. |
Cairo, Egypt |
TRP, FR |
|
8:00pm – 11:00pm |
(dinner) Generalissimo and Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek, Harry L. Hopkins, and Elliott Roosevelt. Radiogram received from Moscow informing FDR that Joseph V. Stalin would be at Teheran, Iran, on November 28 or 29/43, a bit sooner than had been expected. |
Cairo, Egypt |
TRP, FR |
|
ER |
Returned from New York, NY in the early morning, in Washington, DC, left by train in the evening for Boston, MA |
USH |
USH = White House Usher's Diary, STE = Stenographer's Diary, PC = Press Conference, TU = Tully's Appointment Diary
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November 23 1943 - Stenographers Diary
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