TELEGRAM                          
 
               OFFICIAL BUSINESS---GOVERNMENT RATES         
 
                         August 26, 1942.                   
 
                                                            
 
 
                     Her Royal Highness                     
 
                       The Duchess of Kent                  
 
                                                            
 
 
I am shocked beyond measure at hearing of the tragic accident 
      and I want you to know that I feel the loss very deeply and very 
      personally. He has given his life for his Nation and in a great 
         cause. I am thinking much of you and the babies.   
 
                                                            
 
 
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT