From: Lord Beaverbreck.                   
 
                         STORNOWAY HOUSE.                   
 
                          CLEVELAND ROW.                    
 
                            ST. JAMES.                      
 
                                                            
 
                            Cherkley,                       
 
                           Leatherhead,                     
 
                             Surrey.                        
 
                                                            
 
                        12th April, 1943.                   
 
                       Dear Mr. President,                  
 
                   Thank you for your letter.               
 
      It so happens that Winston spoke to me a week ago and made the 
      proposal that I should go out to the United States. After the 
      receipt of your letter, I have answered him my willingness to 
      cross over as soon as he finds it convenient to inform me fully 
                            of events.                      
 
      I wish I might say or do something that would be of use to you 
      in the necessary conflict with elements too far removed from 
             the war to understand the nature of it.        
 
      That is where the British Government has an easy time. British 
      citizens have an advantage over Ameirican citizens. The enemy 
               menace is always present in England.         
 
      The enemy planes flying overhead exercise a correcting influence. 
      The sign of Cape Gris Nez on a clear day always discloses the 
      distant scene with sufficient clarity to Justify us in singing 
               with one voice, "Lead kindly light".         
 
      But it is possible that I can disclose to some of my colleagues 
      in America just a little of the devotion we have here for the 
    people over the sea who have sustained and strengthened 
 
      To me it is indeed a pleasure to get your personal regards, and 
      my devotion to your cause gives me the prospect of doing useful 
                       service once again.                  
 
                      With kindest regards,                 
 
                           Yours ever,                      
 
                               Max                          
 
                                                            
 
                          The President,                    
 
                         The White House,                   
 
                        Washington. D.C.