U.S. NAVAL COMMUNICATION SERVICE
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FM: OPNAV.               PRIORITY.      BLACK THIRTY SIX CORRECTED
TO: THE PRESIDENT.       "150415"       TO BLACK THIRTYNINE
 
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URGE THAT YOU HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE WHEN YOU DOCK AND GIVE THE
PRESS WHATEVER IS POSSIBLE IN THE WAY OF DETAILS OF THE CONFERENCE--WHERE THE MEETINGS WERE HELD, NAMES OF CONFEREES AND CLEAR UP
WHAT I FEAR WILL BE A MUCH DISCUSSED AND CONTROVERSIAL ANGLE--WHETHER THE EIGHT POINTS ARE PEACE AIMS OR WAR AIMS.  CABLE REPORTS
FROM LONDON TODAY SAY WITH MUCH ADDITIONAL DETAIL BRITISH
DELEGATION NUMBERED TWENTYTHREE AND THAT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
BRITISH PRESS WERE PRESENT.  FROM NOON YESTERDAY AND THROUGH THE
NIGHT LONDON LEAKS CONTINUED X THE BRITISH EVEN HOOKED UP AMERICAN
NETWORKS WITH THE BRITISH BROADCASTING COMPANY AND ANNOUNCED
YESTERDAY THAT MAJOR ATTLEE WOULD MAKE AN IMPORTANT RADIO
ANNOUNCEMENT AT NINE OCLOCK, EASTERN STANDARD TIME, OUR TIME, TO
THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN PEOPLE.  BECAUSE PREMATURE ANNOUNCEMENTS
CONSTITUTED ONLY NEWS AVAILABLE TO AMERICAN PRESS AND PEOPLE,
THERE IS REAL FEELING THAT WE ARE BECOMING DEPENDENT ON BRITISH FOR
NEWS EVEN OF OUR PRESIDENTS ACTIVITIES.  FOR THESE AND OTHER REASONS,
I URGE YOU RECEIVE PRESS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE UPON RETURN TO SHORE
AND GIVE THEM ALL INFORMATION CONDITIONS WILL PERMIT