BRITISH EMBASSY,                      
 
                         WASHINGTON, D.C.                   
                                                            
 
                       14th January, 1945.                  
 
                                                            
 
                       Dear Mr. President,                  
 
   I am arranging to have the film sent down to you for Tues
 
                                                            
 
 
I saw it last night, and it certainly is a remarkable production 
      as regards its photography and color, variety and quality. But 
      it is pretty stiff Shakespeare, and I should doubt whether it 
      would have at all a popular appeal here, though it appears to 
      have been very well received in England. I should be afraid that 
      the Idea with which it starts off about Henry V's war being the 
      personal fancy of the King would confirm many of your countrymen 
       in their worst suspicions of British policy to-day|  
 
                                                            
 
 
I shall very much look forward to seeing you before you start 
      off on your Odyssey. I am going off myself on Sunday next, after 
      going up to New York for a night this week with Oliver Stanley, 
      who proposes to make a speech about Colonial Policy. I will accordingly 
      get in touch with Pa Watson, and will find out from him what 
                     may be possible for you.               
 
                                                            
 
 
                   Yours very sincerely,                    
 
                                                            
 
                          The Honorable                     
 
                      Franklin D. Roosevelt,                
 
      President of the United States.