1 Inserted from Johnson's letter to Cordell Hull (U.S. Secretary
of State) of 21 July (in Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: P.S.F.

safe file, box no. 2. Australia). Johnson reported that Curtin had
advised him that he would be glad to accept Roosevelt's invitation
' "should circumstances of Government permit" ', but in Johnson's
view, the political and administrative problems facing Curtin were
too formidable to permit him to leave Australia in the near
future.

2 Minister for External Affairs.

3 At a meeting of the Pacific War Council in Washington on 25
June, Roosevelt mentioned that he had also invited the N.Z. and
South African Prime Ministers (Peter Fraser and Field Marshal J.

C. Smuts) to come to Washington. See Sir Owen Dixon's cablegram
S61 of 26 June on file AA:A981, War 41B.