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This telegram must be                                  LONDON
closely paraphrased be-
fore being communicated                           Dated September 11, 1939
to anyone. (D)
                                                                  Rec'd 10:45
 
Secretary of State 
 
     Washington
 
 
     1578, September ll, 2 p.m.
 
     STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND MOST PERSONAL FOR THE 
 
PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF STATE.
 
         I spent an hour with the King and Queen alone yester-
 
day and three quarters of an hour with Sir Samuel Hoare 
 
this morning in my office. From my conversation with 
 
the King it became very apparent to me that the one 
 
problem he is worried desperately about is that within a 
 
comparatively short time, possibly three or four weeks, 
 
Hitler will have cleaned up Poland and will then definitely 
 
make a proposition to Great Britain and France to call 
 
this war off and come to some agreement. I will discuss 
 
this problem later in this (*) as a result of my conversa-
 
tion with Sir Samuel Hoare.
 
         As to the Queen, the problem that affects her seems 
 
to be the return of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, 
 
because it was very apparent to me that the King is worried 
 
about his arrival in England. This Queen told me that he
 
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