HSM                                                              Brussells
This telegram must be
closely paraphrased                                     Dated November 13, 1939
before being communicated
to anyone. (C).                                        Rec'd 7:30 a.m, 14th
 
 
 
Secretary of State ,
 
Washington.
 
183, November 13, 10 p. m.
 
SECRETARY OF STATE.
 
 
Immediately upon the receipt of the corrected full
 
text of your telegram No. 77, I personally gave it to
 
the King this afternoon at the Palace. He was visibly
 
affected and expressed himself as most deeply touched
 
and grateful to ths President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
 
         I regret the delay in communicating
 
but it was due to a garbling of the text which I am
 
utterly unable to understand.The message as first
 
received heree on the afternoon of November 12th was dated
 
November 11, 9 p. m., and numbered 76.
 
It was obviously unintelligible because it appeared to be a request that
 
King Leopold should send the text of the message to Her
 
Majesty Queen Wilhelmina which message was addressed and
 
directed Entirely to her.
 
I cabled for confirmation and received the corrected text this afternoon
 
which inserted the mesage to King and omitted any reference to the Queen
 
                                   DAVIES