PD                                                          London
This telegram must be
closely paraphrased before                             Dated December 21, 1941
being communicated to
anyone.    (SC)                                            Rec'd 7:20 p.m.
 
Secretary of State,
 
     Washington.
 
     TRIPLE PRIORITY
     6166, December 21, 10 p.m. (SECTION TWO)
     I am attaching at the end of this message the draft memorandum given to Eden and
approved by the Cabinet on his departure from London.  His messages do not indicate to what
extent he made use of the memorandum but I felt you would be interested in its content.
 
     During the early phase of the discussion Stalin told Eden he had a message from President
Roosevelt asking that Russia be represented byan observer at a conference to be called at
Chungking the following day.  He further asked Eden if he knew anything about the object of the
conference.  Eden said that a similar message had reached the British Foreign Office and gave him
the gist of the telegram forwarded by the British Government in reply to the President.  Stalin
then told him that the Soviet Government was prepared to attend
                                        any number of