The Secret of the Churchill-Roosevelt Correspondence

After more than three decades it is now possible to examine and analyze the early Churchill-Roosevelt correspondence. It has long been known that there was an exchange of telegrams and letters between the President and the First Lord of the Admiralty in the months between September 1939 and May 1940. To many, this exchange between the President of a neutral country and the head of a warring nation's naval establishment seemed unneutral, imprudent and possibly indicative of a deeper relationship. The reluctance of the American Government to open the full Churchill-Roosevelt correspondence file, even after the usual classification period of twenty years had passed, added to the suspicion of conspiracy. Now, however, the files in London and in Washington are open and it is possible to reveal the facts of the case. A careful examination reveals that there was no plot to get the United States involved in the war at least not at the American end. There is

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