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                         BRITISH EMBASSY,                   
 
                         WASHINGTON, D.C.                   
 
                       4th December, 1944.                  
 
                                                            
 
 
I will be useful having him in the Foreign Office, where he 
      will be touching a good many things with reactions on this side, 
      and where his knowledge and viewpoint will be useful. 
 
      He is to be replaced in two or three months time by Jock Balfour, 
      now No.2 to Clark Kerr in Moscow. You may know him. He was here 
                      under Ronnie Lindsay.                 
 
      I hope you are having some good days away from Washington and 
      that they are being a holiday. We have Just got back from a week 
      in Iowa, Wisconsin and Chicago which was, I think, useful. I 
      have come to the conclusion that when all else leaves me, I shall 
                     apply for an Iowa farm|                
 
                      Yours very sincerely,                 
 
      Earl