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(Untitled), 21 Mar 1942

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/72/60

Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt]: comments on his loan of American shipping and release of the Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth and the Aquitania for British use; suggests that a further 9000 American troops be sent to Iceland; expresses pleasure at the level of shipping of American personnel; expresses anxiety at the level of air provision for the Levant-Caspian front and asks for American light bombers and fighters to be diverted to the Middle East.

Dates

  • Creation: 21 Mar 1942

Conditions Governing Access

From the File:

Open

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

T 440/2

Repository Details

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