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If you agree we will discuss 
      the matter informally with Mr. Eden on his forthcoming visit 
      to this country and suggest that the British Government consider 
      whether it would care to propose officially to us that it under-take 
      the payment of these private property claims under reverse lend-lease. 
      We will, of course, make it clear that we have no desire to go 
      back on our original under-taking, which preceded the Lend-Lease 
      Act, but that we feel that a gesture of this sort would have 
      a salutary effect on our whole cooperative program. I have in 
      mind the desirability of avoiding the necessity of asking Congress 
or an appropriation should this eventually be found to be ne
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
I have enclosed a memorandum 
                  outlining the plan in detail.             
 
                        Faithfully yours,                   
 
                                                            
 
                            Enclosure:                      
 
                           Memorandum.