THE WHITE HOUSE
 
        WASHINGTON
 
          October 3, 1942.
 
MEMORANDUM FOR 
 
     THE SECRETARY OF WAR
 
     FOR REPORT
 
                    F.D.R.
 
Letter from Hon. Sumner Welles x20, 10/2/42, to the 
President, with attached copy of a despatch received 
from Ambassador Messersmith, suggesting that the flags 
captured by our troops in the Battle of Chapultepec 
on September 13, 1847, be returned to the Mexican 
Govt. Copy of Mr. Welles retained for our files.