THE WHITE HOUSE                       
 
                                                            
 
 
                         WASHINGTON                         
 
                                                            
 
 
                      January 4, 1944                       
 
                                                            
 
 
                       MEMORANDUM FOR                       
 
                                                            
 
 
                           H.L.H                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                 Does this need an answer?                  
 
                                                            
 
 
                           F.D.R.                           
 
                                                            
 
 
Letter from Lord Halifax, British Embassy, Washington, D. 
      C., l2/24/43, to the President, stating that Mr. Eden has asked 
      him to let the President know that the question me Italian for 
      the Russians, which was dealt with in the President's telegram 
      No. 422 of 21/21 to the Prime Minister, has been considered in 
      London in the light or the telegram which the President sent 
      to Mr. Harriman. Gives background regarding this matter and makes 
      various suggestions in re above.