Copy of Letter from Prime Minister Clement Attlee to President Harry S. Truman

This exact copy of letter given to Se cretary of State RAC Acheson C NLT (PSF 1085/213 10, Downing Street, Whitehall. copy 20ft 6 February 1949. You T PERSONAL Dear Mr. President: I am very grateful for your letter of January 28 about our problem with the security position in Australia. I much appreciate the personal interest you have taken in this delicate matter. I am sure that your decision to ask your Secretary of Defense to invite Sir Frederick Shedden to visit Washington on his way to London next May and to have full and frank discussions with him will contribute in a large measure to the solution of various problems common to all three Administrations. In the meantime I am happy to be able to assure you that the appropriate authorities in this country are in constant and fruitful touch with the Australian Government, and that satisfactory progress has been reported to me in improving Australian security and maintaining a higher standard. Yours sincerely, /s/ C.R. Attlee DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 President Truman. State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979 COVT. urre. By"NLT- HC NARS, Date 10-16-10