December 14, 1941
My dear Halifax:
Here is a draft of a message to General
Chiang Kai-Shek and a draft of a message
from me to Mr. Stalin. They are self-explanatory.
I hope you will ask London if they will
go ahead with the holding of the Singapore confer-
ence and also instruct your people in Chungking
and Moscow to take part in the proposed meetings
as soon as they are held by Chiang Kai-Shek and
Stalin. I assume, of course, that Australia and
New Zealand will be represented in Singapore.
Always sincerely,
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The Right Honorable the Viscount Halifax, K. G.,
The British Ambassador,
Washington, D.C. fdr/tmb