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                                   LONDON, March 11, 1940.
 
     The King received, the Ambassador and myself at 4:30
 
in a small drawing-room on the second floor of Buckingham
 
Palace.
 
       The King, who was dressed in uniform, was alone, and 
 
the three of us talked for half an hour. The conversation, 
 
was rather strained, with occasional lengthy pauses.
 
The King made it very clear that he hoped that no 
 
peace negotiations would be undertaken until the Nazi 
 
regime in Germany had been destroyed. He felt, he said, 
 
that no real peace could come to the world until Germany 
 
had been shown that she could not dominate Europe.
 
       He spoke with force, and was far graver in his manner 
 
than when he was in Washington last June. 
 
     He mentioned his recent trip to the Front, where he
 
spent a week, and he expressed the conviction that the 
 
morale of both the British and French forces was admirable. 
 
He was delighted with the exploit of the British Navy in
 
getting the "Queen Elizabeth" safely to New York.
 
     He spoke with very obvious enthusiasm of his visit 
 
to the United States, of his conversations with the Pres-
 
ident, and particularly of his trip to Hyde Park.
 
     At five o'clock the Queen came into the room and we
 
moved into a small adjoining drawing-room where a tea
 
table was set with four places. No servants were present.
 
The Queen's two dogs, who came in with her, kept racing
 
around the room, and under the table, throughout the con-
 
versation.
 
     With the arrival of the Queen the conversation became
 
far easier. The Queen said that their trip to America
 
                                                       seemed