Editing Cairo Conference (section)

=== November 26–27 ===
[[File:Winston Churchill with his daughter Sarah, on a visit to his old regiment, the 4th Queen's Own Hussars, in Egypt, 5 December 1943. E26681.jpg|alt=Winston Churchill visits his old regiment near the pyramids with his daughter, Sarah Churchill (actress).|thumb|[[Winston Churchill]] visits his old regiment in Cairo with his daughter, [[Sarah Churchill (actress)]].]]
On November 26, Soong Mei-ling met Roosevelt to discuss a $US1 billion loan plan, and Roosevelt immediately agreed.<ref name=":10">{{Cite book |last=Huang |first=R.Y. |title=Reading Chiang Kai-shek's Diary from the Perspective of Big History |publisher=[[China Social Sciences Press]] |year=1998 |isbn=7500423861 |edition=1st |location=China |pages=327 |language=Chinese}}</ref> Chiang then met with Admiral Ernest King to finalise plans for a joint counterattack on Burma the following March.<ref name=":6" /> In the afternoon, Roosevelt invited the leaders of China and Britain to his residence for tea, where the plan of action was finalised for the following March. Chiang met Mountbatten<ref name=":8"/> and thanked Roosevelt in person for his promise to lend China money.<ref name=":10"/>

On November 27, Chiang met with Dwight Eisenhower, the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in North Africa, and then left Cairo [10]:3128. Soong wrote to Roosevelt to express Chiang's great gratitude.<ref name=":9"/> Roosevelt and Chiang had long and cordial talks, with Soong acting as the interpreter.<ref name=":4"/>

Soong's chic costumes became one of the focal points of the press.<ref name=":7"/> During the meeting, Churchill was said to have visited the Sphinx and the Pyramids with his daughter Sarah Churchill and with Roosevelt.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meacham |first=Jon |title=Roosevelt and Churchill |publisher=[[CITIC Press]] |year=2005 |isbn=7508604210 |edition=1st |location=China |pages=216 |language=Chinese}}</ref>

On November 28, Churchill and Roosevelt arrived in Tehran for the Tehran Conference.<ref name=":5"/>