THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE                
 
                            WASHINGTON                      
 
                          March 6, 1942                     
 
                                                            
 
 
                   My dear Mr. President:                   
 
                                                            
 
 
I am enclosing a copy of a telegram I have received this morning 
        from the president of the Baltic-American Society.  
 
                                                            
 
 
I suppose that the White House has received a similar telegram. 
      I have no confirmation as yet of the report that Sir Stafford 
      Cripps made the address to which reference is made in this telegram. 
      If the report is correct, it would seem to me that there might 
      be a possibility that certain elements within the British Government 
                  are trying to force our hand.             
 
                                                            
 
 
                         Believe me                         
 
                        Faithfully yours,                   
 
                          Sumner Welles                     
 
                          The President,                    
 
      The White House