*1 us- '1s+/'+/*°_
PERSONAL and CONFIDENTIAL
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
/
December 16. 1940
My dear Mr. Butler:
I invite your attention to my letter of October 28
in which I conveyed to you the request of the War Depart-
ment that the British Government extend to certain other
British possessions the permission granted to that
i/
Department to take aerial photographs of the central
group of the Lesser Antilles.
The War Department has now inquired whether it
would be possible to obtain an early answer to this
request.    I should therefore appreciate it If you
would
Mr. N. M. Butler, C.V.O.,
Charge" d'Affalres ad interim of Great Britain.
-2-
0
would be so good as to endeavor to expedite the
receipt of this reply.
Believe me,
fours very sincerely,