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BRITISH WBASSY,
wAMIKOTO* 0#C.
So.390.
My Lord,
with reference to telegraphic
correspondence about the Paeific Islands
ending with you^rfSiegram No* 157 of April
5rdf I have the hojaoua? to tranamit herewith
copies of a communication which has been
handed to the State Department.
this document has been drafted Ifc a rather
peculiar form. The reason far &i« is that
the question of Pacific Islands has attracted
the personal attention of the President and
important points in connexion with It are, I
believe, alwaye submitted to him* Mr.
Roosevelt is always made impatient by the
elaborate phraseologies whieh normally
characterise official eomraunications, and X
have tfeeught It wise in the present ease to
Your Lordship may well this* that
reduce them to a minimum*
I have the honour to be,
with the highest respect,
My Lord,
Your Lordship*s most obedient,
humble servant,
( SOB) H*C* LINDSAY.
(The Right Honourable
The Viscount Halifax, K.».„ |VRCL:MS