Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1938, The British Commonwealth, Europe, Near East, and Africa, Volume II

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Memorandum by President Roosevelt to the Secretary of State

Hyde Park, N. Y., June 28, 1938.

I think this proposed answer to the British⁹⁰ is all right—but Joe Kennedy tells me he has made one or two suggestions.

Will you please discuss with the Interior Department the possibility of our moving half a dozen families to Canton Island from the Hawaiian Islands or Samoa. If the British can do a little colonizing why can’t we also?

F[ranklin] D. R[oosevelt]

90. Infra.