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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 November 1943, Page 4

“Although I spoke to the Prime Minister every day and lived in the wardroom of the Prince of Wales with members of his staff, not one word was spoken at any time to me, or to any one else, to indicate that the Atlantic Charter was being drafted and that the war aims of Britain and America were being formulated and set down on paper. It was therefore with intense curiosity that I and indeed every officer and man in the Prince of Wales, watched the outward signs of that momentous day, wondering all the time what was happening in the cabin where President. Roosevelt and Mr Churchill sat in conference. And we in the Prince of Wales did not know what had happened until two days later, August 14, when, in mid-Atlantic, we gathered round the ship’s wireless and heard the Atlantic Charter read out from London.”—H. V. Morton on “The Atlantic Meeting.” in a recent 8.8. C. Radio Newsreel).