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    "ocrText": "J. . 333305-MONO-State\nGalley 416\nUNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF\nII. THE MALTA CONFERENCE\nJanuary 30-February 2, 1945\nWhite House 'Files\n5. THE PRESIDENT'S LOG AT MALTA\nEditorial Note\nThe document referred to in this volume as the President's Log\nconstitutes the major portion of the 83-page booklet entitled \"The\nPresident's Trip to the Crimea Conference and Great Bitter Lake,\nEgypt, January 22 to February 28, 1945\". This booklet, which was\nprepared by Lieutenant J. G. Rigdon and approved by the President's\nNaval Aide, Vice Admiral Wilson Brown, has the following contents:\nList of the President's Party, Itinerary, Chart Showing Travel Across\nAtlantic Ocean, Chart Showing Travel in Mediterranean and Black\nSea Areas, Foreword, Log of the Trip, Report of the Crimea Con-\nference, List of Saudi Arabian Guests, Memorandum of Conversa-\ntions between King Ibn Saud and President Roosevelt (2-14-45),\nList of the Seaman Guard at Yalta.\nThe Malta Conference began on January 30, 1945, but President\nRoosevelt did not arrive until February 2, the last day of the con-\nference. There is reproduced below the Log for February 2. The\nportions of the Log covering the Yalta Conference (February 4-11)\nare printed post, p.\nLog of the Trip\nFriday, February 2nd:\n0000: In Mediterranean Sea, enroute Malta from Gibraltar,\nsteaming on various courses and at various speeds while conforming\nto our prescribed routing.\n0610: We sighted the island of Sicily, bearing 055, distant 50 miles.\n0616: We sighted the islands of Goza 1 and Malta, bearing 115,\n1 Gozo, an island of the Malta group.\ndistant 32 miles.\n0935: We passed through the submarine net gate and entered\nGrand Harbor, Valetta,² Malta. The President was on deck as we\n2 Valletta, capital of Malta.\nentered port. From the very large crowd evident, it appeared that all\nMalta was out to greet him. Both sides of the channel were lined\nwith people of Malta.\n1001: The Quincy moored, starboard side to, at Berth 9 in Grand\nHarbor, Valetta. The U. S. S. Memphis (light cruiser and flagship of\nVice Admiral H. K. Hewitt, U. S. N., Commander Eighth Fleet) was\npresent in Malta. Prime Minister Churchill and his party were at\nGrand Harbor and witnessed our arrival from the deck of the H. M. S.\nSirius (light cruiser), moored across the channel from where the\n3 According to Churchill, p. 343, the Prime Minister watched this scene from\nthe deck of H. M. S. Orion, in which he had his quarters."
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