(Untitled), 21 May 1941

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/1-4

Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, then Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States ] reciting text of message from Wendell Wilkie [see CHAR 20/38/158 ], with cancelled draft reply from WSC to Wilkie responding in detail to Wilkie's comments about munitions and shipping and marked "submitted to President but cancelled", with actual reply from WSC to Wilkie, and with telegram from WSC to Roosevelt expressing anxiety about American position "Whatever happens you may be sure we shall fight on and I am sure we can at least save ourselves. But what is the good of that?".

Dates

Creation: 21 May 1941

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