Office of the Historian

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

The President to the Ambassador in Turkey (Steinhardt)1

[Tunis,] 20 November 1943.

From the President to Ambassador Steinhardt.

Please tell President Inonu I have landed safely in North Africa [Page 101] and that I would greatly welcome him. I cannot make my plans until Monday morning2 but will advise you at that time.3

Roosevelt
  1. Sent to the White House, apparently via military channels; forwarded to the Department of State; and forwarded further by the Department, in telegram 904, November 20, 1943, 7 p.m., to the Legation at Ankara, marked “Secret” and “U. S. Urgent”.↩
  2. November 22, 1943.↩
  3. For Roosevelt’s next message to Steinhardt, see post, p. 386.↩