November 24th, 1943

Transcript

Times Log Location Source

11:00am –

12:40pm

Conference with Gen. George C. Marshall, Adm. William D. Leahy, Adm. Ernest J. King, Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Lt. Gen. Somervell, Capt. Royal, Air Chief Marshal Portal, Adm. Cunningham, Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Gen. Sir Alan Brooke, Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Lt. Gen. Ismay, Gen. Laycock, Brig. Hollis, Harry L. Hopkins. Maj. John Boettiger joined FDR's party. List of appointments kept by FDR at his villa noted.

Cairo, Egypt

TRP, FR

1:00pm

Sir Ahmed Mohammed Hassenein Pacha (Chief of Egyptian Cabinet)

Note: No time given. 1300 assumed to maintain sequence

Cairo, Egypt

FR

1:15pm

Moustafa El-Nahas Pacha (Egyptian Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister)

Note: No time given. 1315 assumed to maintain sequence. Egyptian King Farouk I had recently been injured in an automobile accident and was unable to call on FDR during his Cairo, Egypt visit.

Cairo, Egypt

FR

1:30pm

Greek King George II

Note: No time given. 1330 assumed to maintain sequence

Cairo, Egypt

FR

1:45pm

Greek Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Min. Emmanuel Tsouderos

Note: No time given. 1345 assumed to maintain sequence

Cairo, Egypt

FR

2:00pm

Lord Killearn (British Ambassador to Egypt)

Note: No time given. 1400 assumed to maintain sequence

Cairo, Egypt

FR

2:15pm

Yugoslav King Peter

Note: No time given. 1415 assumed to maintain sequence

Cairo, Egypt

FR

2:30pm

Dr. Boxidar Pouritch (Yugoslav Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister)

Note: No time given. 1430 assumed to maintain sequence

Cairo, Egypt

FR

2:45pm

Greek Crown Prince Paul

Note: No time given. 1445 assumed to maintain sequence

Cairo, Egypt

FR

3:00pm

Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson (British Commander in Chief in the Middle East), Gen. Royce

Note: No time given. 1500 assumed to maintain sequence

Cairo, Egypt

FR

3:15pm

Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas (RAF Commanding Officer in the Middle East)

Note: No time given. 1515 assumed to maintain sequence

Cairo, Egypt

FR

3:30pm

Adm. Sir Algernon Willis (Commander in Chief, Levant)

Note: No time given. 1530 assumed to maintain sequence

Cairo, Egypt

FR

3:45pm

Gen. R. G. W. Stone (Commander in Chief, British troops in Egypt)

Note: No time given. 1545 assumed to maintain sequence

Cairo, Egypt

FR

5:15pm

Amb. Steinhardt, George Allen. Both had just arrived from Ankara, Turkey.

Cairo, Egypt

TRP, FR

8:30pm –

12:40am

(dinner) W. Averell Harriman, Harry L. Hopkins, Adm. William D. Leahy, Adm. Wilson Brown, Ross T. McIntire, Gen. Edwin M. Watson.

Cairo, Egypt

TRP, FR

ER

In 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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