The historic Atlantic Charter conference brought together important political and military leaders from Britain and the United States. Aboard the USS Augusta in a formal evening gathering are (seated left to right): Sir Alexander Cadogan (Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), Air Chief Marshall Wilfred Freeman, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adm. Sir Dudley Poud, Field Marshall Sir John Dill, and Lord Cherwell. Back row (left to right): Averill Harriman, Harry Hopkins, Adm. King, Adm. McIntire, Sumner Wells, Maj. Gen. Watson, John Roosevelt, Adm. Stark, Rear Adm. Beardall, Gen. Marshall, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. [August 1941]