BRITISH EMBASSY,
 
      WASHINGTON, D.C.
 
      December 20th, 1940
 
      
 
 
My dear Mr. President,
 
      I write to offer to you and to Mrs. Roosevelt my sincere and 
      respectful gratitude for your participation in the funeral ceremony 
      for Lord Lothian at Washington Cathedral on December 15th. I 
      would also express to you and to Mrs. Roosevelt my very deep 
      appreciation of the beautiful wreath of white chrysanthemums, 
      which you were so good as to send. I am of course informing Lord 
      Lothian's sisters of the honor, which you and Mrs. Roosevelt 
      paid to their brother's memory.
 
      
 
 
Believe me,
 
      My dear Mr. President,
 
      With the highest respect
 
      Yours very sincerely,
 
 
      The Honorable
 
      Franklin D. Roosevelt,
 
      President of the United States of America,
 
      Washington, D.C.