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| United States |
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United Kingdom |
| General Marshall |
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General Brooke |
| Admiral King |
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Air Chief Marshal Portal |
| General Arnold |
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Admiral of the Fleet Cunningham |
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Air Chief Marshal Tedder |
President Roosevelt’s log of the trip
Thursday, November 25 (at Cairo)
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Forenoon callers at the President’s villa included Ambassador Harriman and Sir Alexander Cadogan. |
| 11:30 a.m. |
The President signed mail that had arrived earlier today by pouch from Washington. This mail included the Executive Order authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to take possession of and to operate part of the plant and facilities of the Remington Rand, Inc., Southport, County of Chemung, New York; a message vetoing HR 1155; and a message vetoing SJ Resolution 59. |
| 12:00 |
The President, the Prime Minister, Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, members of their respective military and naval staffs and various other delegates met in the garden of the President’s villa where they posed for moving pictures and still pictures for military photographers and accredited war correspondents of the three nations concerned. |
| 1:30 p.m. |
The President had luncheon at his villa with Lord Leathers, Mr. L. W. Douglas, Ambassador Winant and Assistant Secretary of War John S. [J.] McCloy. |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Mr. M. F. Reilly and Major Otis F. Bryan called on the President to report on their trip to Tehran, from which they had just returned. The President shortly afterwards announced his decision to fly to Tehran, instead of flying only to Basra and proceeding on from there by train. It was considered that the travel by train would be too uncertain in view of the urgent necessity that the President be in Tehran by November 28. |
| 5:00 p.m. |
The Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek had tea with the President at his villa. |
| 6:15 p.m. |
Major General Donald H. Connolly, Commanding General of our Persian Gulf Service Command, called on the President to discuss desired arrangements at Tehran. |
| 8:00 p.m. |
The President was host at Thanksgiving dinner at his villa. He had brought his own turkeys from Washington (they were gifts to him from Under Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, and Mr. Joe Carter of Burnt Corn, Alabama). The dinner list included: The President, the Prime Minister, Mrs. Oliver, Sir [Mr.] Anthony Eden, Major Boettiger, Mr. John F. [M.] Martin, Commander Thompson, Lord Moran. Admiral Leahy, Ambassador Winant, Ambassador Harriman, Mr. Hopkins, Admiral McIntire, Admiral Brown, Elliot[t], Ambassador Kirk, General Watson, Robert Hopkins, and Ambassador Steinhardt. Music during the dinner was furnished by an orchestra from our Camp Huckstepp. The highlight of the dinner was the President’s toast to the Prime Minister. He told briefly the history and origin of the tradition of our annual Thanksgiving Day; of how our American soldiers are now spreading that custom all over the world; and how that he, personally, was delighted to share this one with the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister rose to respond at this stage, but the President told him that he had still another toast first. The President then went on to say that large families are usually closer united than are small families; and that, this year, with the United Kingdom in our family, we are a large family and more united than ever before. The Prime Minister responded in his usual masterful and inspiring manner. |
| 10:30 p.m. |
Lt-General Stilwell called on the President. |