Original initialed "O.K. F.D.R." and returned to 
               Mr. Settinius for transmittal 12/5.          
 
                                                            
 
 
                      THE WHITE HOUSE                       
 
                            Washington                      
 
           TKE RIGHT HONORABLE WINSTON CHURCHILL, M. P.     
 
                     PRIME MINISTER, LONDON.                
 
                                                            
 
 
I am deeply grateful for your message (No. 832 November 26, 
      1944) informing me of your decision to continue purchases on 
      a month to month basis for a further six months' period. We will 
      do everything in our power to satisfy your understanding with 
      respect to other buyers as well as with respect to refrigerated 
        cargo space to which you refer in paragraph four.   
 
                                                            
 
 
I am sorry about the apparent misunderstanding mentioned in 
      the last paragraph of your message, and concerning which I, of 
      course, had no prior information. I believe, however, that you 
      will discover, as I did on further investigation, that the document 
      quoted in your 833 did not refer to the matter of the meat contract, 
      on which we exchanged messages in October, but to the general