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The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy) to President Roosevelt
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Dear Mr. President: I enclose a letter
addressed to you by the Prime Minister which was handed to me
yesterday.28
Yours sincerely,
[Enclosure]
The British Prime Minister (Chamberlain) to President Roosevelt
My Dear Mr. Roosevelt: Your letter of the
11th of last month has just reached me and I am very grateful to you
for your sympathetic and encouraging words.
[Page 675]
These are indeed difficult days and there are many more before us,
but I retain full confidence that we shall come out successfully in
the end.
My own belief is that we shall win, not by a complete and spectacular
military victory, which is unlikely under modern conditions, but by
convincing the Germans that they cannot win. Once they have arrived
at that conclusion, I do not believe they can stand our relentless
pressure, for they have not started this war with the enthusiasm or
the confidence of 1914.
I believe they are already half way to this conviction and I cannot
doubt that the attitude of the United States of America, due to your
personal efforts, has had a notable influence in this direction. If
the embargo is repealed this month, I am convinced that the effect
on German morale will be devastating.
I hope so much that one day I may have the great pleasure of meeting
you personally and discussing with you the happy results of the
actions of our two countries in this testing time for democracy.
With kind regards,
Yours sincerely
