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      This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated 
                         To anyone. (SC)                    
 
                              London                        
 
                     Dated November 2, 1941.                
 
                        Recorded 7:36 a.m.                  
 
                                                            
 
 
                    Secretary of State,                     
 
                           Washington.                      
 
                         TRIPLE PRIORITY                    
 
                     5213, November 2, noon.                
 
                                                            
 
 
PERSONAL AND - TO THE PRESIDENT FROM THE FORMER NAVAL PERSON
 
                                                            
 
 
"As your Naval people have already been informed, we 
      are sending that big ship you inspected into the Indian Ocean 
      as part of the squadron we are forming there. This ought to serve 
      as a deterrent on Japan. There is nothing like having something 
      that can catch and kill anything. I am very glad we can spare 
      her at this Juncture as it is more then we thought we could do 
      some time ago. The firmer your attitude and ours, the less chance 
                   of their taking the plunge.              
 
                                                            
 
 
I am grieved at the loss of life you have suffered with REUBEN 
      JAMES. I salute the land of unending challenge|"