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    "ocrText": "J. 333305-MONO-State\nGalley\n75\nUNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF\nPrime Minister Churchill to President Roosevelt 1\n1\nSent by the United States Military Attaché, London, via Army channels.\nTOP SECRET\nLONDON, 29 December 1944.\nPrime Minister to President Roosevelt. Personal and Top Secret.\nNumber 861.\nYour\n676.² I send you in my immediately following the Admiralty\nreport on Yalta.³ If this place is chosen, it would be well to have a\n2 Ante, p.\n3 Sent as No. 862; not printed.\nfew destroyers on which we can live if necessary. There would be\nno difficulty in flying from the great air base and weather center at\nCaserta. I, myself, landed in a York at Simferopol. I dare say,\nhowever, Stalin will make good arrangements ashore. Our party will\nbe kept to the smallest dimensions. I think we should aim at the\nend of January. I shall have to bring Anthony 4 and Leathers.\n4 Eden.\nPRIME\nRoosevelt Papers: Telegram\nPresident Roosevelt to Prime Minister Churchill 1\n1 Sent to the United States Naval Attaché, London, via Navy channels.\nTOP SECRET\n[WASHINGTON,] 30 December 1944.\nPRIORITY\nNumber 682. Top Secret and Personal from the President for the\nPrime Minister.\nYour 861 2 and 862.³ I am preparing to leave the U. S. as soon as\npossible after the Inauguration by warship to the Mediterranean and\nfrom there by airplane for Yalta, but have not yet so informed Stalin.\nI will give you accurate dates as soon as details are worked out.\nMy thought now is to send a Naval ex-passenger ship to the Black\nSea to provide services and living accommodations if necessary. This\nship could berth in Sevastopol if necessary because of weather.\nInformation from Harriman indicates that suitable quarters and\nstaff meeting place can be made available at Yalta where the city was\nnot damaged during the German occupation.\nIt is my intention to take with me about 35 persons, including Joint\nStaff, personal staff, Secret Service, servants, etc.4\nI will give you more detailed information in the near future.\nROOSEVELT\n2 Supra.\n3 Not printed.\n4 Actually the staff taken to Yalta by the President was ten times that number.\nThe British Delegation was equally large. Cf. the Log, post, p. and Churchill,\np. 344."
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