January 10, 1945                      
 
                                                            
 
 
                My dear Mr. Prime Minister:                 
 
                                                            
 
 
In connection with the recent posthumous award of an American 
      Distinguished Service Medal to Field Marshal Sir John Dill, I 
      am sending you herewith a copy of a Joint Resolution of Congress 
      enacted on December 20 last, appreciating the services of Field 
      Marshall Sir John Dill. The fact that Congress saw fit to take 
      this action, which is without precedent, and that the Chairman 
      of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate, the Honorable 
      Tom Connally, introduced the Resolution, is not only formal recognition 
      of the great service rendered by him in promoting unity of action 
      on the part of our respective countries, but is an evidence of 
      a very wholesome state of mind in the midst of the bickering 
          that are inevitable at this stage of the war.     
 
                                                            
 
 
I think Sir John Dill rendered both our countries a great 
      service and I am delighted to see it written clearly into the 
                             record.                        
 
                                                            
 
 
                     Always sincerely,                      
 
                      FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT                 
 
      The Prime Minister of Great Britain, London, England