BRITISH EMBASSY WASHINGTON, 
                               D.C.                         
 
                       December 31st, 1942.                 
 
                       Secret and Personal                  
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                    Dear Mr. President,                     
 
      I enclose herein the text of a telegram which I have just received 
                     from the Foreign Office.               
 
                                                            
 
                           Believe me,                      
 
                       Dear Mr. President,                  
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                   Very sincerely yours,                    
 
                          The Honorable                     
 
                      Franklin D. Roosevelt,                
 
           President of the United States of America,       
 
                        Washington, D. C.