JW London This telegram must be closesly paraphrased before Dated December 21, 1941 anyone being communicated to anyone. (B) Rec'd 9:25 p.m. Secretary of State, Washington. TRIPLE PRIORITY 6166, December 21, 10 p.m. (SECTION THREE) (Begin memorandum) "His majesty's Government are anxious for early consultation with the Soviet Government in order to determine the best means of uniting their efforts for the winning on the war and for devising and maintaining a durable peace. Two. The conduct of the war must be the subject of a confidential exchange of views, the result of which clearly cannot be given out to the workers. Three. Plans for the peace settlement, on which the views of the United States Government will, of course, be essential, should perhaps in great part remain known only to the three Governmnts. Four. But it seems highly desirable that the Soviet Government and His majesty's Government should forthwith mark their association in a public declaration in the same way as the United States Government and His Majesty's Government have already, by the Atlantic charter, together subscribed to certain guiding principles. Thus |