(Untitled), 09 Oct 1942

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/81/34

Scope and Contents

Telegram from Field Marshal Sir John Dill [Representative of the British Chiefs of Staff in Washington] to WSC marked "private" informing him that Admiral William Leahy [Chief of Staff to the President of the United States] had told Dill that President Roosevelt had accepted the idea of making a record for "Aspidistra" [British radio transmitter] and reporting that Leahy thought Roosevelt would say something in French on the lines of the message to be issued by General Dwight D Eisenhower [Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre].

Dates

Creation: 09 Oct 1942

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