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      The other suggestion is for you to come directly to Washington 
      from Montreal or Ottawa; then following the itinerary to and 
      including the stay at Hyde Park; and proceeding from there to 
      the western part of Canada via Chicago.
 
      
 
 
Lindsay has made rather a point of Chicago, but I am not in 
      the least bit insistent on it if you decide to forego it.
 
      
 
 
I do think, however, that you should not drive through the 
      narrow, crowded streets of either New York or Chicago.
 
      Lindsay's idea of visiting some "New York institution of 
      cultural importance" is good. One of the new slum clearance 
      housing projects or one of the great new medical centers would 
      interest both of you, even though to visit such an institution 
      would require a short drive through wider city streets.
 
      I have written you thus at length in order to give you the latest 
      suggestions from this side of the water. Fortunately, we have 
      plenty of time to make plans and I hope that you will feel free 
      to make any different suggestions.
 
      
 
 
I need not tell you how happy I am that Great Britain and 
      the United States have been able to cooperate so effectively 
      in the prevention war -- even though we cannot say that we are 
      "out of the woods" yet.
 
      
 
 
With my sincere regards,
 
      Faithfully yours,
 
      His Majesty,
 
      King George VI,
 
      Buckingham Palace,
 
      London, England.