<P> The East Wing as it exists today was added to the White House in 1942 primarily to cover the construction of an underground bunker, now known as the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC). Around the same time, Theodore Roosevelt's coatroom became the movie theater . Later, offices for correspondence, calligraphers and the social secretary were placed in the East Wing . Eleanor Roosevelt employed the first Social Secretary . </P> <P> Rosalynn Carter, in 1977, was the first First Lady to keep her own office in the East Wing . Today, the Social Secretary prepares all of the invitations and written correspondence for every event held at the White House . </P>

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