THE WHITE HOUSE                       
 
                            WASHINGTON                      
 
                         March 12, 1943.                    
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                       MEMORANDUM FOR                       
 
                   THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE             
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
Yes, I agree that this 
      should be discussed with Mr. Eden. Tell Mr. Eden my old story 
                        of January, 1919.                   
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
The British Naval Board 
      valued what we should pay for rents, damages, etc., in each of 
      the places occupied by American Naval forces. The American Board 
      did the same thing. The two values were somewhat apart. I want 
      in to see the British Secretary for Air -- he offered to match 
      shillings with me in each of the fifteen or twenty cases. I told 
      him we would be hanged if the matching became public. He then 
      suggested that we split the difference in each case. I readily 
     accepted and the whole problem was ended in ten minutes
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                           F.D.R.