Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conferences at Cairo and Tehran, 1943

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

Prime Minister Churchill to President Roosevelt¹

secret

[Aboard H. M. S. “Renown”?,] 14 November 1943.

No. 505. Prime Minister to President. Personal and most secret.

• Para 1. I have received the following message from Stalin.
• [Here follows a paraphrase of the message quoted in Stalin’s second telegram of November 12, 1943, to Roosevelt, ante, p. 83.]
• Para 2. I have sent the following reply.
• Para. 3. “Your message of November 12th received. I entirely understand your position and I am in full accord with your wishes. I am at sea. All congratulations on your continued triumphant advance.”

1. Sent to London via British channels; forwarded to Washington by the American Embassy, London, apparently via military channels; forwarded further by the White House Map Room, via pouch leaving Washington November 15, 1943, and also via Navy radio November 17. The copy sent by pouch was delivered to Roosevelt upon his arrival at Oran on November 20. See post, p. 104.