Monday, 18 January
The President’s morning callers were Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, Commanding the Fifth Army, who arrived at 10:05 and departed at 11:10; Mr. Robert D. Murphy, who conferred with the President and Mr. Hopkins from 10:45 until 12:45; and General George C. Marshall, who called at 12:45 and departed five minutes later.
The Prime Minister lunched with the President, Mr. Hopkins, and Lt. Colonel Elliott Roosevelt at Dar es Saada at 1:15 p.m. and departed at 2:40.
The President left the grounds of his villa for the first time at 4:10 this afternoon.
Here follows a description of the President’s inspection of the Third Battalion of the Thirtieth Infantry Regiment which was guarding the President’s camp.
The President returned to his villa at 4:50, for the Combined Chiefs of Staff were scheduled to confer with him, starting at five o’clock.
The following American and British military representatives of their respective Army, Navy, and Air Forces, conferred with the President, the Prime Minister, and Mr. Hopkins from 5:00 until 6:30 p.m.
| Field Marshal Sir John Dill | General George C. Marshall |
| General Sir Alan F. Brooke | Admiral E. J. King |
| Adm. of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound | Lt. Gen. H. H. Arnold |
| Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal | Brig. Gen. John R. Deane |
| Lt. General Sir Hastings L. Ismay | |
| Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten | |
| Brigadier E. I. C. Jacob |
Shortly before seven o’clock, Mr. Hopkins had the pleasure of seeing his son, Sergeant Robert Hopkins, who had secured leave of absence from the Signal Corps company to which he was attached and which was then engaged in active operations at the front. Sergeant Hopkins went in to pay his respects to the President, and later his father took him to call on the Prime Minister.
Mr. Murphy called just before dinner, but stayed with the President only about five minutes, departing at 7:45.
Mr. Hopkins had accepted an invitation to dine with General Patton this evening, and so he was not present when the President, Lt. Colonel Elliott Roosevelt, and Lieutenant Franklin Jr. sat down to dinner with their guests for the evening, Admiral McIntire, Captain McCrea, and a young Army Officer, Lieutenant Richard Ryan, a grandson of Thomas Fortune Ryan, and a friend of the family.
The President retired about eleven o’clock.