TELEGRAM                          
 
                    THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON              
 
                LONDON 118 128A JANUARY 1 1941 [2!          
 
                       WB156 CABLE BRITGOVT                 
 
          THE PRESIDENT OF THE United States of America     
 
                         THE WHITE HOUSE                    
 
                                                            
 
 
AT THE OPENING OF A NEW YEAR WHICH FINDS THE PEOPLE OF YOUR 
      GREAT COUNTRY AT THE SIDE OF THE BRITISH PEOPLES IN A WAR FORCED 
      ON THEM BY THE ENEMIES OF FREEDOM I SEND YOU MR. PRESIDENT MY 
      HEARTFELT GOOD WISHES FOR YOUR HEALTH AND WELFARE. WHATEVER CHANGES 
      AND CHANCES THE COMING YEAR MAY BRING, I HAVE ENTIRE CONFIDENCE, 
      WHICH I KNOW YOU SHARE, THAT OUR TWO PEOPLES AND THOSE ASSOCIATED 
      WITH THEM WILL IN THE END OVERTHROW UTTERLY THE EVIL FORCES WHICH 
      HAVE ATTACKED CIVILIOATION AND HAVE ALREADY IMPOSED SO MUCH SUFFERING 
            ON THE PEACE LOVING NATIONS OF THE EARTH.       
 
                                                            
 
 
GEORGE R I