Cable, Dwight D. Eisenhower to Bernard Montgomery

We 33753 9/44 HQ. ETO, L-11,954 C.3814. ORIGINATORS FILE No. e3814. Return t cot her and SHAEF MESSAGE FORM CALL CIRCUIT No. PRIORITY TRANSMISSION INSTRUCTIONS NR 149 SPACES WITHIN HEAVY LINES FOR SIGNALS USE ONLY FROM ORIGINATOR DATE-TIME OF ORIGIN (A) SHAEF MAIN SHSC CLB/dvm Dec 221345-A TO FOR ACTION 21 ARMY GROUP PERSONAL AND EYES ONLY FOR FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY TO (W) FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION (INFO) EYES ONL MESSAGE INSTRUCTIONS GR (REF NO.) S71982 (CLASSIFICATION) TOP SECRET TOP OLGHET - for DEAR MONTY CLN I HAVE JUST DISPATCHED MESSAGES OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND APPRECIATION TO BOTH HODGES AND SIMPSON PD PAREN TO TWO ONE ARMY GROUP PERSONAL FOR FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY SIGNED EISENHOWER CITE SHSC EYES ONLY UNPAREN I KNOW YOU REALIZE THAT HODGES IS THE QUIET RETICENT TYPE AND DOES NOT APPEAR AS AGGRESSIVE AS HE REALLY IS PD UNLESS HE BECOMES EXHAUSTED HE WILL ALWAYS WAGE A GOOD FIGHT PD HOWEVER CMA YOU WILL OF COURSE KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR IMPORTANT SUBORDINATES AND INFORM ME INSTANTLY IF ANY CHANGE NEEDS TO BE MADE ON UNITED STATES SIDE PD PARA I HAVE TOLD BOTH SIMPSON AND HODGES THAT HIGH MORALE CMA CHEERFUL RESPONSE TO YOUR INSTRUCTIONS AND OPTIMISTIC PLANNING AHEAD ARE THE SLOGANS WE MUST KEEP BEFORE US PD GOOD LUCK EXCLAMATION POINT SIGNED IKE DECLASSIFIED DOD DIR. 5200.9, SEPT. 27, 1958 3 NE BY RJS DATE 2/24/67 FOP DISTRIBUTION: COORDINATED WITH: THIS MESSAGE MUST BE Precedence THI or TOR Opr. SENT IN CYPHER IF LIABLE TO INTERCEPTION URGENT None em ORIGINATING DIVISION DEC 22 1944 14 of SGS INITIALS Out NAME AND RANK TYPED, TEL. NO. TIME CLEARED THIS MESSAGE MAY BE SENT IN CLEAR BY ANY C.L. .BURGESSA Lt. Col. 2929 MEANS SIGNATURE INITIALS