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NLT-247 c1 R 7629 DECLASSIFIED by authority of 132126 feet. fiste F.R.1945 13TH APRIL, 1945 Dated 7-73 PRIORITY PERSONAL AND-TOP SECRET $. NUMBER 1 GE is AND TO: THE BRIME MINISTER FROM: PRESIDENT TRUMAN I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY TO ME AND TO THIS NATION. IN THE PRESENCE OF THE GREAT IRREPARABLE LOSS WHICH WE HAVE SUFFERED WHICH I KNOW YOU FEEL AS DEEPLY AS I DO, I WISH TO SEND YOU THIS PERSONAL MESSAGE OF ASSURANCE THAT WITH GOD'S HELP I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO MOVE FORWARD THE GREAT WORK TO WHICH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GAVE HIS LIFE. AT NO TIME IN OUR RESPECTIVE HISTORIES HAS IT BEEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT THE INTIMATE, SOLID, RELATIONS WHICH YOU AND THE LATE PRESIDENT HAD FORGED BETWEEN OUR COUNTRIES BE PRESERVED AND DEVELOPED. IT IS MY EARNEST HOPE THAT BEFORE TOO LONG IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THIS THAT WE CAN ARRANGE A PERSONAL MEETING. IN THE MEANTIME THERE ARE, HOWEVER, URGENT PROBLEMS REQUIRING OUR IMMEDIATE AND JOINT CONSIDERATION. I HAVE IN MIND THE PRESSING AND