2 706 May 16, 6 p.m. from Paris
the British may install a government of Oswald Mosely and the union of British fascists which
would cooperate fully with Hitler. That would mean that ths British navy would be against us.
I think that, perhaps by way of a conversation with Macksenzie King or some direct
arrangement with the officers of the British fleet, you ought to try to make certain that in case the
war goes badly as it may, the British fleet would bass itself on Canada for the defense of the
dominion which might become the refuge of the British crown.
NPL BULLITT