Roosevelt and Churchill had already met at a Gray's Inn dinner in July 1918. Argentia was their first meeting during the Second World War rather than their first meeting ever. Roosevelt's absence was officially described as a ten-day fishing trip, even though he travelled aboard an 8-inch-gun cruiser with a destroyer escort. The cover story reflects the secrecy and informality surrounding Anglo-American coordination before the United States formally entered the war.
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Roosevelt's fishing trip covered a wartime summit
The leaders had met in 1918, while Roosevelt's official ten-day fishing trip concealed their first meeting during the Second World War.