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

London, 12 November 1943.

No. 503. Prime Minister to President Roosevelt personal and most secret.

• Para 1. Reference your No. 417 of 11th November.²
• Para 2. I have immediately telegraphed to General Auchinleck to render every possible assistance in the constriction [construction] of the four air bases.

1. Sent to Washington by the American Embassy, London, apparently via military channels, and forwarded by the White House Map Room by pouch on November 15, 1943; received by Roosevelt November 20 at Oran.
2. Message sent from Washington, November 10, 1943; ante, p. 172.