State Dept. Copy                      
 
                Published in Pearl Harbor Hearings          
 
                     Part 15 Pages 1716-1718                
 
      Published also in Foreign Relations of the United States, 1941, 
                 vol. IV, The Far East, page 380.           
 
                                                            
 
 
                      August 18, 1941                       
 
                   MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT             
 
                                                            
 
 
There is attached a draft telegram to the Embassy at London 
      containing a proposed message from you to the British Prime Minister. 
      If you approve of the draft I will arrange to have the message 
                           transmitted.                     
 
                                                            
 
 
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