Casablanca Conference

U.S. State Department (January 22, 1943)

Hopkins-Churchill conversation, 9:45 a.m.

Present
United States United Kingdom
Mr. Hopkins Prime Minister Churchill

Hopkins, at Roosevelt’s request, informed Churchill that the press conference planned for noon of January 22 would be postponed. In the course of their discussion, Hopkins expressed dissatisfaction over the results of the Conference, and Churchill held forth the hope that de Gaulle’s arrival at the Conference might permit some progress to be made.