Telegram from Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew to Secretary of State James Byrnes, Transmitting Message from Prime Minister Winston Churchill to President Harry S. Truman

WHITE HOUSE P MAP ROOM JAT POR-SLURE 7 JULY 1945 JKI TO : THE SECRETARY OF STATE Sc S tate FROM: THE ACTING SECRETARY RECORDS W.D.L. NR : 61, 081645Z (State Department Number 6) Lord Halifax requests me to send the following message to the President: QUOTE. The Prime Minister asks me to send you his warm per- sonal regards and to say how much he is looking forward to meeting you. The Prime Minister asks me to tell you that he is led to b e- lieve that the present Government will obtain a majority, but that, as you know, electioneering is full of surprises. He adds that it is most unlikely in any event that he would resign on an adverse declaration of the poll unless it amounted to a very extreme expression of national d ispleasure. He would await the result of a confidence vote in the House of Commons on the King's speech, and would take his dismissal from the House of Commons. This would enable the various authorities and individuals to define their position by a vote. The political members of the British delegation to TERMINAL will quit the conference on July 25th in order to await the results of the poll in England. This will avoid any possible embarrassment when the r esults are made known. But the British Delegation could return to Berlin on July 27th, and the Prime Minister personally would be able to stay there if necessary until about August 5th or 6th. Parliament meets on August 1st to elect a speaker and to swear in members. But it will DECLASSIFIED - 1 - Ka 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or DED of State letter, Aug. 10, 1872 TUP econer SILLING Nuis Dase 11-4-74 COPY NO. 2