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July 3rd, 19WL.
By 3e£r V/elles,
I lost no time in reporting
to London what you said to me in our
conversations about Iceland on July 1st*
Among other things I told the Foreign
Office that you had explained that the
President would not wish actually to
publish anything more than the texts of
the two messages exchanged between the
President and the Iceland Prime Minister,
although he would no doubt develop the
matter in his press conference•   I added
that you anticipated that the statements
7/ould probably be issued here on the
morning of Saturday, July 5th, though
this/
The Honourable
Sumner Welles,
Acting Secretary of State
of the United states,
Washington, D«C«
FRHLrHK
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this was subject to later confiimation.
I have now had a reply from
London saying that the Foreign Office
feel that it is Yery Important i*or the
people in London in handling the publicity
there to know
(1) Exactly when and how the two
messages are to be released In Washington*
(2) What line the President proposes
to take in speaking to the press conference.
(3) Whether there are any points which
the President would wish the 3ritish
authorities to avoid or to emphasise when
handling the matter in London*
The Foreign Office eay that they
would be very grateful for any information
on these pointe as long as possible before-
hand*
I should therefore be very much
obliged/
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obliged if you could let me /-now what I
should say to the Foreign Office in reply
to these three specific questions, and if
in particular you could tell rae tlie latest
position about the probable time of publi-
cation of the statements in Washington* In
view of the holiday tomorrow, it would be a
Great help if you could let me have an answer
sometime today*
(SOD) HALIFAX