Foreign Relations of the United States, The Conferences at Washington, 1941–1942, and Casablanca, 1943

Roosevelt Papers

The Presidents Special Assistant (Hopkins) to the President

Washington, January 2, 1942.

Memorandum for the President:

Has Bullitt been answered relative to the French fleet, Alexandria?¹

You will recall that he, in effect, asked for instructions and I gather that the joint view of the British and ourselves is that Bullitt should not stir that up at the moment.²

Harry L. Hopkins

1. See ante, p. 244.
2. See the discussion at the White House on January 1, 1942, ante, p. 153.