My dear Lord Halifax:
I am enclosing for your information a paraphrase
of a secret message which the President has received
from Mr. Churchill.
Believe me
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Enc.
His Excellency
The Right Honorable
The Viscount Halifax, K.G.,
British Ambassador.
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PARAPHRASE OF TELEGRAM
FROM:     American Embassy, London
TO: Secretary of State, Washington
DATED:   November 27, 1941
I hope that affairs in the Middle East will be
cleaned up before Bullitt!s arrival there.    It will
make us very happy to see him.    Oliver Lyttelton is
being Instructed by me to look after him and be sure
that he has all facilities.