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

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

The President to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)¹

secret
operational priority

[Washington,] 8 November 1943.

For Ambassador Harriman from the President.

My 041707,² your 06100.³

You are hereby authorized to attach our agreement regarding Turkey to the protocol with the following change.

Change the words “Commanders responsible” to the words “Combined Chiefs of Staff.”⁴

Roosevelt

1. Sent to the United States Naval Attaché, Moscow, via Navy channels. A copy was sent to the Department of State for its information.
2. Telegram of November 4, 1943; see ante, p. 151, footnote 1.
3. Telegram of November 6, 1943, ante, p. 158. The date-time group was garbled.
4. See Churchill’s telegram 493, November 6, 1943, to Roosevelt, ante, p. 156.