BRITISH EMBASSY,
 
      WASHINGTON 8, D. C.
 
      1st July, 1945.
 
      
 
 
My Dear Harry,
 
      I have sent a telegram to Oxford on your behalf as follows: -
 
      
 
 
"Following for Private Secretary. Please transmit following 
      from Harry Hopkins to Registrar, University Registry, Oxford. 
      Begins:
 
      
 
 
Greatly appreciate the honour of the Council's action and 
      will be happy to accept the Degree if tendered by the University 
      on October 25th.
 
      
 
 
Harry Hopkins.
 
      Ends.
 
      I left out your bit about the possibility of your health precluding 
      your going there
 
      
 
 
The Honorable,
 
      Harry L. Hopkins,
 
      The White House,
 
      Washington, D.C.