10, Downing Street                     
 
                            Whitehall                       
 
                          20 April 1944.                    
 
                      My dear Mr. President,                
 
                                                            
 
 
When I was with you in the United States last August you expressed 
      to me your interest in Basic English. The Cabinet Committee which 
      I appointed here to consider the possibilities of Basic and means 
      of promoting its wider use have reported and we have adopted 
      the recommendations they have rode. I thought it might be of 
   interest to you to see the Report and am sending you copi
 
      Amery, who presided over the Committee, is also sending a copy 
                       personally to Hull.                  
 
                                                            
 
 
If the United States authorities feel able to give their powerful 
      support to the promotion of Basic English as a means of international 
      intercourse, I feel sure that that would ensure its successful 
      development. My conviction is that Basic English