BRITISH EMBASSY,
 
      WASHINGTON, D.C.
 
      
January 6th 1940.
 
      
 
 
Dear Mr. President,
 
      I enclose herein the text of a message, received late last night, 
      which I have been instructed to convey to you from the Prime 
      Minister.
 
      
 
 
Believe me,
 
      Dear Mr. President,
 
      
 
 
Yours sincerely,
 
      The Honourable
 
      Franklin D. Roosevelt,
 
      President of the United States,
 
      Washington, D.C.