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THE WHITE HOUSE   
                                                            
 
                         Washington                         
 
                                                            
 
 
                      September 3 1942                      
 
                                                            
 
 
                      Your Holiness:-                       
 
                                                            
 
 
aylor is going back to the Vatican to see you and that appar
 
                                                            
 
 
st saw you, and he will tell you how important I believe it 
 
                                                            
 
 
you and I know that you are praying for us in the United Sta
 
                                                            
 
 
 is good and that you will take care of yourself -- for we a
 
                                                            
 
 
                   With my warm regards,                    
 
                                                            
 
 
                     Faithfully yours,                      
 
                                                            
 
 
              (Signed) FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.               
 
                                                            
 
 
His Holiness  
                                                            
 
Pius XII,  
                                                            
 
                       Vatican City.