BRITISH EMBASSY,
 
                                              WASHINCTON, D C.
 
 
               October 26th, 1940
 
Dear Mr. President,
 
     I enclose herein the text of a
 
telegram received in the Foreign Office
 
yesterday from the British Ambassador in
 
Madrid.
 
     I have been instructed when
 
informing you of this message to call
 
particular attention to Sir Samuel Hoare's
 
remarks about the press. I have also been
 
asked to inform you that the Foreign Office
 
are endeavouring to convey information
 
regarding the German terms to General Weygand
 
via Tangier.
 
          Believe me,
 
               Dear Mr. President,
 
                    Very sincerely yours,
 
 
 
The Honourable
 
     Franklin D. Roosevelt,
 
               President of the United States of America,
 
                    Washington, D.C.