PD                                           London
This telegram must be
closesly paraphrased before                            Dated December 21, 1941
anyone being communicated
to anyone.  (SC)                                  Rec'd 5:40 p.m.
 
Secretary of State,
 
     Washington.
 
     TRIPLE PRIORITY.
 
     6166, December 21, 10 p.m.  (SECTION ONE)
 
     PERSONAL AND MOST SECRET TO THE SECRETARY AND
THE PRESIDENT.
 
     Following up my number 6147 December 19, 11 p.m.
     This afternoon I went down to the Foreign Office Sir John Anderson, who has been
anonymously acting as Secretary of State during Eden's absense, the ranking civil servent, Sir
Orme Sargent, and Richard Law, the Parlimentary Secretary, were absent because it was Sunday. 
I took advantage of Eden's instructions to his Private Secretary, who was present, that I should se
all messages from him from Russia and was given them to read.
     The negotiations did not continue on the same easy basis at the first meeting (see my
telegram under reference) but they concluded on a cordial note and ended in a banquet given by
Stalin to Eden.     
     It was mutually agreed to postpone an actual
                                   agreement