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Roosevelt Papers: Telegram

President Roosevelt to King George VI 1

secret
operational priority
[Washington,] July 27, 1943.

Secret and personal number 328 from the President to the Former Naval Person for the King.

I accept with appreciation your invitation to occupy quarters jointly with our friend during our scheduled conference. I well remember a delightful visit there with Lord Tweedsmuir, but I hope I will not have to make another speech in French.2

Roosevelt
  1. Sent to the United States Naval Attaché, London, via Navy channels, for delivery through Churchill.↩
  2. The reference is to Roosevelt’s visit to Quebec on July 31, 1936, at which time Tweedsmuir was Governor-General of Canada. See The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, vol. v: 1936, The People Approve (New York: Random House, 1938), pp. 276–279.↩