Excellency:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
July 27. 1940
WASHINGTON
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your
note no. 312 of July 8, 1940 requesting In behalf of
the Imperial War Graves Commission the assistance of
the Government of the United States in receiving
notification of the burial or the recovery of the
bodies of members of the British armed forces or of
British merchant seamen who may have died as a result
of enemy action.
I am happy to assure you of the willingness of
this Government to comply with the request of the
Imperial War Graves Commission, which has been
communicated for appropriate attention to the
competent authorities within the United States and
to
His Excellency
The Right Honorable
The Marauees of Lothian, C.H
British Ambassador.

to the Departments representatives abroad who are
or may be entrusted with the protection of British
interests.
Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of
my highest consideration.
For the Secretary of State:
811.1233/7