The British Ambassador (Halifax) to President Roosevelt 71
My Dear Mr. President: A message has been received from Mr. Duff Cooper at Singapore on the subject of the proposed naval and military conference there, to the following effect:—
“I have now secured representation for Australia, New Zealand, United States and Netherlands and am arranging that conference shall start December 18th. If we were to await arrival of representative from Chungking there would be much delay and report by December 20th as requested by the President would certainly be impossible. Should representative from Chungking arrive in time we shall of course be delighted to receive him.”
Believe me [etc.]
- Photostatic copy obtained from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, N. Y.↩