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                           London                           
 
                                                            
 
 
                  Dated December 23, 1942                   
 
                                                            
 
 
                     Record 10:45 p.m.                      
 
                                                            
 
 
                    Secretary of State,                     
 
                                                            
 
 
                        Washington.                         
 
                                                            
 
 
                    7300, Twenty-third.                     
 
                                                            
 
 
          FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM LORD BEAVERBR00K.          
 
                                                            
 
 
Dear Mr. President: I send you the devoted good wishes for 
      Christmas and the new year of a British citizen. Upon you depend 
      the hopes of man and the future of the world. May you have health 
      to bear your burdens and the brightening prospect of victory 
      as the new year grows older. And with affectionate personal regards, 
                   yours ever, Max Beaverbrook.             
 
                                                            
 
 
MATTHEWS