smiled as he walked Reilly and Sloc.u.m, Reilly of the White House, 179.

in his wheelchair Bohlen, Witness to History, 139.

trying to stare down the NKVD Reilly and Sloc.u.m, Reilly of the White House, 180.

"was a very small man" Ibid.

"I am glad to see you" Bohlen, Witness to History, 139.

pleased to meet Roosevelt Ibid.

"had been entirely due" Ibid.

knew to keep their points short Ibid., 136137.

"Churchill was his charming best" Author interview with Kathleen Harriman Mortimer.

"This being primarily" Bohlen, Witness to History, 139.

According to Bohlen's minutes FRUS, Cairo and Tehran, 483.

When France came up Bohlen, Witness to History, 139.

Stalin's antide Gaulle att.i.tude Ibid.

"I could not help feeling" Ibid., 139140.

that was a "sore spot" FRUS, Cairo and Tehran, 486.

As they parted Ibid.

he was happy Ibid.

the British got wind TSFS, 144.

"Stalin's slits of eyes" Ibid., 145.

"The setting was rather heavy" Bohlen, Witness to History, 141.

Roosevelt was the presiding officer Churchill, Closing the Ring, 347.

the kind of proceeding he liked Ibid., 347348.

Roosevelt tried charm Bohlen, Witness to History, 142.

"As the youngest of the three" Ibid.

"he welcomed his elders" Ibid.

"new members" RAH, 778.

"This meeting, I said" Churchill, Closing the Ring, 348.

"Now let us" Bohlen, Witness to History, 142.

Roosevelt started out Ibid.

"much appreciated" Danchev and Todman, eds., War Diaries: Alanbrooke, 483.

inevitably turned to OVERLORD Bohlen, Witness to History, 142.

"a disagreeable body of water" Harriman and Abel, Special Envoy, 267.

"had every reason" RAH, 779.

Hopkins was watching the interplay Ibid., 781.

Roosevelt asked Stalin his thoughts FRUS, Cairo and Tehran, 489.

"Stalin replied" Harriman and Abel, Special Envoy, 267.

"The enterprise was absorbing" Churchill, Closing the Ring, 350351.

his "real feelings" Bohlen, Witness to History, 142.

"The early spring" Churchill, Closing the Ring, 351.

Roosevelt said he "personally" FRUS, Cairo and Tehran, 495.

"might be necessary" Ibid.

"I earnestly hoped" Churchill, Closing the Ring, 357.

"said that he personally favored" Bohlen, Witness to History, 142.

"although we were" Churchill, Closing the Ring, 358.

grilled steaks Bohlen, Witness to History, 143.

After making martinis Ibid.

Roosevelt finally asked him Ibid.

"When I first got to Teheran" CC, 299.

Stalin denounced the French Harriman and Abel, Special Envoy, 268.

"When Churchill protested" Ibid.

brushed Churchill aside Ibid. Harriman called Stalin's reply "contemptuous."

he "in part agreed" FRUS, Cairo and Tehran, 509.

Turning to Germany, Stalin Bohlen, Witness to History, 143.

"told of visiting Leipzig" Harriman and Abel, Special Envoy, 268.

"very jolly" FDR Diary of Cairo and Tehran, November 29, 1943, Handwritten Notes, FDRL.

"Roosevelt was about" Bohlen, Witness to History, 143144.

"I tried to ask" John Boettiger Diary of Cairo and Tehran, November 29, 1943, 100, FDRL.

"He was greatly set up" Ibid.

Sitting on a sofa Churchill, Closing the Ring, 359.

"I learned later" John Boettiger Diary of Cairo and Tehran, November 29, 1943, 101, FDRL.

Churchill reached out to Roosevelt Churchill, Closing the Ring, 363.

"It is not like him" TSFS, 146.

"The President after luncheon" Churchill, Closing the Ring, 363.

In his quarters with Stalin RAH, 784786.

appeared interested but noncommittal FRUS, Cairo and Tehran, 530.

"a world-wide" Ibid., 596.

Churchill had a presentation to make Churchill, Closing the Ring, 364.

The conference, Chip Bohlen believed Bohlen, Witness to History, 145.

"Stalin would have made" Ismay, Memoirs, 338.

"Who will command Overlord?" Churchill, Closing the Ring, 365.

admitted this was not settled Ibid.

could not have missed Churchill later told Stalin that he "had urged" FDR to "decide before we all left Teheran." Ibid., 378.

"Stalin said bluntly" Ibid., 365.

the news that FRUS, Cairo and Tehran, 535. Morgan wrote an interesting book about his a.s.signment. See Frederick Morgan, Overture to Overlord (Garden City, N.Y., 1950).

"Stalin made it plain" Harriman and Abel, Special Envoy, 271.

Reading the conference doc.u.ments RAH, 787.

"Churchill employed" Ibid., 789.

Stalin pushed for a firm date Bohlen, Witness to History, 145.

After relighting his cigar Ibid.

"He talked of keeping the enemy" Harriman and Abel, Special Envoy, 273.

much back-and-forth FRUS, Cairo and Tehran, 535538.

"dominating operation" Ibid., 539.

"I wish to pose" Churchill, Closing the Ring, 373.

"Provided the conditions" Ibid.

"Churchill was irked" Bohlen, Witness to History, 146.

Moran found a gloomy Churchill TSFS, 148.

a cla.s.sic Russian dinner Bohlen, Witness to History, 147.

"overlooked no opportunity" Ibid., 146.

"without mercy" Harriman and Abel, Special Envoy, 273.

"nursing some secret affection" Ibid.

"Instead of getting" Bohlen, Witness to History, 146.

"Stalin's remarks" John Boettiger Diary of Cairo and Tehran, November 29, 1943, 109, FDRL.

"I did not like" Bohlen, Witness to History, 146.

"He always enjoyed" Harriman and Abel, Special Envoy, 191.

"I have gathered that" John Boettiger Diary of Cairo and Tehran, November 29, 1943, 105, FDRL.

The Stalin-Churchill conversation Bohlen, Witness to History, 146.

"I realized at Teheran" Colville in Action This Day, ed. Wheeler-Bennett, 96. Later in the war, he would alter the image slightly. "In February 1945 Churchill said to President Benes of Czechoslovakia that a small lion was walking between a huge Russian bear and a great American elephant, but that perhaps it would turn out to be the lion that knew the way." (Ibid.) Churchill was taking it all well Churchill, Closing the Ring, 373374.

"with a sardonic smile" Bohlen, Witness to History, 147.

"The British Parliament and public" Churchill, Closing the Ring, 374.

"Fifty thousand" Ibid.