BRITISH EMBASSY,                      
 
                         WASHINGTON, D.C.                   
 
                      September 21st, 1943.                 
 
                                                            
 
 
                    Dear Mr. President,                     
 
                                                            
 
 
You may recollect that on December 8th, 1942 Lord Halifax 
      gave you a memorandum on the subject of Rudolph Hess. 
 
                                                            
 
 
Interest in Hess has received as a result of Mr. Brendan Bracken's 
      recent remarks in New York, and the Cabinet have decided that 
      the time has come when a statement should be made regarding the 
      circumstances of Hess' arrival in Great Britain and the purpose 
      for which he came. Mr. Eden proposes to reply to a question on 
      the subject in the House of Commons on September 22nd, approximately 
      on the lines of Lord Halifax's memorandum but with certain important 
      omissions and additions. No reference will be made to Hess' mental 
            state for the reasons set out in the third      
 
                                                            
 
 
                       The Honorable                        
 
                      Franklin D. Roosevelt,                
 
            President of the United States of America,      
 
      WASHINGTON, D.C.