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THIS IS BLACK NR 15 X FOR THE PRESIDENT XX STIMSON SAYS AFTER NIGHT OF
THINKING HE DOES NOT FEEL RADIO BY HIM WOULD BE HELPFUL X WANTED
YOU TO KNOW HIS OPINION AS OF TODAY X THERE IS SOME THOUGHT THAT
JOINT OR SEPARATE STATEMENTS FROM YOU AND HULL WOULD BE MOST
HELPFUL XX CHAIRMAN MAY TELEPHONES THAT EXTENSION BILL WILL
PROBBLY BE TAKEN UP NOON TODAY X HE SAID THERE IS EVIDENCE OF
CONSIDERABLE TURMOIL AND UNEASINESS AMONG MEMBERS X HE ALSO
ASKED HELP BY US IN GETTING OPPOSITION AND DOUBTFUL DEMOCRATS IN
LINE XX THIS IS 3RD DAY OF CONTINUOUS HEADLINES SPECULATING ON
DRAMATIC CHURCHILL ROOSEVELT CONFERENCE X PRESS HAS DISCOVERED
ALSO THAT KNOX, MARSHALL, STARK, ARNOLD ALL MYSTERIOUSLY ABSENT
WASHN AND SPECULATED ON POSSIBILITY THEY ARE PROBABLY PARTIC-