At 1637, Mr. Sumner Welles and Mr. Averill Harriman came on
 
board to call on the President, having just arrived by plane from the
 
United States. The Under Secretary of State and Mr. Harriman were
 
guests of the President at dinner and left the ship at 1950. Mr. 
 
Welles and Mr. Harriman are being quartered on board the U.S.S.
 
ARKANSAS. Darkened ship at 2200.
 
Saturday 9 August
 
At 0906 H.M.S.  PRINCE OF WALES stood in and anchored close
 
by AUGUSTA. H.M.S. PRINCE OF WALES was accompanied by the following
 
destroyers:
 
     H.M.S. RIPLEY       Lt. Comdr. J.A. Agnew, R.N.
     H.M.C.S. RESTIGOUCHE     Lt. Comdr. D.W. Piers, R.C.N.
     H.M.C.S. ASSINIBOINE     Lieutenant J.H. Stabbs, R.C.N.
 
     The President and various members of his party were on deck
 
at the time of the PRINCE OF WALES' arrival and at 0912 the President
 
sent Captain Beardall to that vessel to call on Prime Minister
 
Churchill and make further arrangements for the Prime Minister's
 
call on the President and other details in connection with the
 
conference. Captain Badger, Chief of Staff to Admiral King,
 
accompanied Captain Beardall for the purpose of making customary
 
boarding call on PRINCE OF WALES. At llO0 the Right Honorable 
 
Winston S, Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain, called on 
 
the President and presented a letter from the King. At this time
 
the Prime Minister also presented to the President the principal
 
members of his staff. A list of the persons who accompanied the
 
Prime Minister from England, on baord the PRINCE OF WALES, follows: