FDR: “Together with Prime Ministers Churchill and Mackenzie King, I have just outlined the work the Combined Boards are to do…”

It seems obvious that we will be more or less responsible for security in all the Pacific waters.

The work, my friends, is peace.

I wish I had the power, just for this evening, to be present at all of these gatherings.

Possession of any mine or mines taken under this order shall be terminated by the Secretary of the Interior as soon as he determines that such possession is no longer required for the successful prosecution of the war.