In the evening I had for dinner and for a conference Admiral Stark, General
Marshall, Admiral King, General Arnold, Major General Burns, Admiral Taylor, Commander
Sherman and Colonel Bundy, in order to discuss many matters prior to our conference with the
British.
 
                    On Friday, August 8th, my boy Elliott flew down from Ganda Lake and was also
detailed to me as Presidential Aide. He did not know until the previous evening that I was in
Newfoundland waters and was almost as much surprised as Franklin, Jr.
 
                    At four in the afternoon Sumner Welles, the Under Secretary of State, and Averell
Harriman, recently back from London, arrived by plane from Washington. They dined with me but
were quartered on the "Arkansas". It should be noted that every night of the whole trip, either
when we were at sea or in Argentia harbor, we"darkened ship" after sun-down, and although the
re were twenty-eight warships in Argentia harbor, this was carried out so effectively that not a
single light could be seen on any ship.                             z