17 October, 1943.
 
      
 
 
My dear Mr. President,
 
      I am sending you with this letter two small unpublished works 
      of Rudyard Kipling which I think I mentioned to you.
 
      Similar copies were given to me recently by the President of 
      the Royal College of Surgeons of England on the occasion of my 
      admission as an Honorary Fellow of the College, and I thought 
      that you would like to have both books for your library.
 
      I understand that Mrs. Kipling decided not to publish them in 
      case they should lead to controversy and it is therefore important 
      that their existence should not become known and that there should 
      be no public reference to this gift.
 
      
 
 
The President of the United States of America.