Foreign Relations of the United States, The Conferences at Washington, 1941–1942, and Casablanca, 1943

Editorial Note

No official record of the substance of this conversation has been found. According to Hopkins’ informal notes on the proceedings of January 22 (Sherwood, pp. 687–690), Hopkins, at Roosevelt’s request, informed Churchill that the press conference planned for noon of January 22 would be postponed. In the course of their discussion, Hopkins expressed dissatisfaction over the results of the Conference, and Churchill held forth the hope that de Gaulle’s arrival at the Conference might permit some progress to be made.