Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, The Conferences at Cairo and Tehran, 1943

Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

President Roosevelt to King Farouk of Egypt¹

secret

[Tunis,] 20 November 1943.

On landing in French North Africa I have just heard of your motor accident.² I am deeply sorry and hope to see you when I am in Egypt.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

1. Sent by the Advanced Liaison Group, Allied Force Headquarters, North Africa, to the Headquarters, United States Army Forces in the Middle East, Cairo, as message 952, which was marked as being from Roosevelt, for the eyes of Kirk alone, and began “Please deliver the following to His Majesty the King”. Kirk forwarded the message to the King via Hassanayn on November 21, 1943.
2. See Hull’s telegram of November 18, 1943, to Roosevelt, ante, p. 97.