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      "I am confident you will realize that the situation requires
 immediate action, and while our preparations to move are being 
completed, we cannot go forward without the urgent reply, of you 
and your government.
 
     "The importance of secrecy is so great that I suggest the
utmost precautions be taken to insure that no information is divulged 
until you and I are agreed in principle upon the course of action 
and subsequently upon the text of identical announcements. With this 
initiative upon our parts the details can be carried on by the 
appropriate officials of our respective governments.
 
      "Mrs. Roosevelt's and my enjoyment of Princess Juliana and her 
husband's visit can only be exceeded by our anticipated pleasure in 
welcoming you at an early date in this country.
 
"Your friend,
 
     Franklin D. Roosevelt."