Editorial Note
No official record of the substance of this conversation has been found. The fact that Hurley had an appointment with Chiang on November 23 is indicated in a letter from Hurley’s aide (Major John Henry) to Hopkins, dated November 23, 1943 (Hopkins Papers).
In an interview with one of the editors in 1956, Hurley recalled the time and place of the meeting as indicated above. He stated that Madame Chiang was present at the meeting. According to Hurley’s recollection, Chiang asked whether Roosevelt and Churchill were to meet with Stalin, to which Hurley replied that such a meeting was scheduled but not for Cairo. Hurley also recalled discussing with Chiang the pending plan for American-British-Chinese military cooperation in Burma. (110.4–HD/12–1756.)