(Untitled), 11 Mar 1940

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/15/1-6

Scope and Contents

Letter from [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr, British Ambassador to the United States] (British Embassy, Washington) to Edward, Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, Foreign Secretary] on United States attitudes to the war: 1) thanks Halifax for constructive criticism of his indiscreet speeches; 2) justifies references to federalism as means of reconciling the United States to participation in world organisation; 3) stresses that control of the seas must be a democratic co-operation between Britain, the United States, France and the Dominions, but that first Britain and the United States must trust each other. [carbon copy].

Dates

Creation: 11 Mar 1940

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