(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/199/108

Scope and Contents

Text of telegram from WSC to Harry Hopkins [Special Adviser and Assistant to the President of the United States] marked "personal" commenting on the death of President Roosevelt. "I feel with you that we have lost one of our greatest friends and one of the most valiant champions of the causes for which we fight". WSC concludes, "I had a true affection for Franklin". [Typescript on 10 Downing Street Paper] Initialled with single amendment by WSC in red ink.

Dates

Creation: 13 Apr 1945

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