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This telegram must be                        London
closely paraphrased be-
fore being communicated                    Dated April 3 1941
to anyone. (C)
                                             Rec'd 9:35 p.m.
 
Secretary of State,
 
     Washington.
 
     RUSH.
 
     1309, April 3, 9 p.m..(SECTION FIVE).
 
     Three. Social matters. When you first spoke to
 
me about the Ambassadorship you told me there were
 
certain phenomena which you wanted to know and which
 
were seldom reported to you except for two week ends
 
with the Prime Minister and one with Beaverbrook, I
 
havz not been able yet to get out of London. Therefore
 
some of the things I am reporting I have not got first 
 
hand. There are two things which have impressed me
 
most: the first, the effort to maintain the appearance
 
of normal life in the face of danger, and second, the
 
patient acceptance of hardships and hazards by ordinary
 
people. When I spoke the other day at a combined meeting
 
of employers' and workers' representatives, I suggested
 
that resistance required "not only skill and hard work
 
and materials in combination with ths iron will of a
 
soldier, but an understanding that is sensitive to the
 
                                         devoted