(Untitled), 17 Apr 1945

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/87

Scope and Contents

Note from John Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC informing him that a large number of letters have come from the general public expressing sympathy with WSC personally on the death of President Roosevelt, and that a small selection have been sent to the American Embassy for John Winant [United States Ambassador to Great Britain]. Colville mentions that a large number of these letters express the hope that a statue of the President will soon be erected by public subscription, and many suggest that it should be placed next to that of Abraham Lincoln. [Initialled typescript] The reference to Lincoln has been circled in red ink, possibly by WSC.

Dates

Creation: 17 Apr 1945

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