Office of the Historian

811.20 Defense (M) Turkey/966: Telegram

The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to President Roosevelt 14

[Extract]
[London,] 19 March, 1944.

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I again brought up, when I was with the Prime Minister today, the need for immediate action with reference to the conversations on oil. I have pressed this with Eden and others. The Prime Minister said he would have an answer for me on Monday,15 after studying over the week end a memorandum which had been prepared for him. A Cabinet Committee has already been appointed, but the names of the Cabinet Committee have not, in accordance with British custom and procedure, been made public. I am trying to get the technical experts appointed as soon as possible and the Cabinet Committee announced.

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  1. Paraphrase transmitted to the Department by the White House on March 20, 1944.↩
  2. March 20.↩