DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
December 13, 1940,
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Dear Mr. Butler:
I enclose in triplicate draft leases covering
the proposed United States bases in Bermuda, Jamaica,
Antigua, St. Lucia, and British Guiana.    It will be
noted that no draft leases are included for Trinidad
and the Bahamas; these matters will be dealt with
later.   Mr. Welles handed the Ambassador a draft lease
for the bases in Newfoundland some weeks ago.
You will understand that as stipulated in these
drafts, the final lease will include an exact descrip-
tion of the metes and bounds as determined by actual
survey; and each lease will have attached to and made
a part of it a map showing the exact areas covered by
the lease.    In order to expedite matters, however, it
seems to me that it would be desirable for our Govern-
ment s
Mr. N. M. Butler, C.V.O
Charge d'Affaires ad interim of
Great Britain.
raents to proceed with a consideration of these leases
at the earliest practicable date.    We shall, therefore,
be glad to receive the comments of your Government on
each of these drafts and to discuss them with representa-
tives of your Embassy.
Sincerely yours,
Enclosures:
Draft leases