Quadripartite dinner meeting, 8:30 p.m.
| Present | ||
|---|---|---|
| United States | Turkey | |
| President Roosevelt | President Inönü | |
| Mr. Hopkins | Foreign Minister Menemencioğlu | |
| Admiral Leahy | Mr. Açikalin | |
| Mr. Steinhardt | Mr. Anderiman | |
| Major Boettiger | Mr. Sarper | |
| United Kingdom | Soviet Union | |
| Prime Minister Churchill | Mr. Vinogradov | |
| Foreign Secretary Eden | Mr. Mikhailov | |
| Sir Alexander Cadogan | ||
| Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen |
According to Leahy:
President Roosevelt on December 4 gave a dinner in honor of the Turkish President. It was an interesting affair, all the conversation being in French, which the President spoke without hesitation.
After the dinner, the Prime Minister joined the party and promptly laid siege to President Inonu to induce him to cast the fate of his country with the Allies. Churchill did most of the talking. Inonu just listened. Later, the President told his British colleague that if he, Roosevelt, were a Turk, he would require more assurance of aid than Britain had promised before abandoning neutrality and leading his nation into war.