Office of the Historian

Defense Files: Telegram

The President to the Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, North Africa (Eisenhower)1

ultra secret
[Aboard the U. S. S. “Iowa”,] 17 Nov[ember 19]43.

From Com[mander] in Ch[ief] Embarked.

Transmit to Former Naval Person[:] “Official information from Washington to effect that meeting place is known to enemy through press and radio. Propose meeting place be changed to Khartoum[.] “Confirm seriousness of leak. Adjust transit as you deem requisite.

  1. Sent to Malta via Navy channels.↩