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The Secretary of the Navy (Knox) to President Roosevelt 44

Washington, November 29, 1941.

My Dear Mr. President: I am enclosing herewith a very rough draft of what I have sent over to the State Department as a means of helping in the drafting of a message.45 I hope it may be helpful.

I have had the assistance of both Admiral Stark and Admiral Turner in the summation of the military situation.

The news this morning indicates that the Japs are going to deliberately stall for two or three days, so unless this picture changes, I am extremely hopeful that you will get a two-or three-day respite down there and will come back feeling very fit.

Yours sincerely,

Frank Knox
  1. President Roosevelt was en route to Warm Springs, Georgia.↩
  2. Draft not printed; a shorter version was sent the Department “about Nov. 25–28”, p. 678.↩