Cablegram 134 WASHINGTON, 22 June 1940, 1 a.m.
FOR PRIME MINISTER MOST SECRET PERSONAL
With reference to my telegram 127 Canberra, 39 London [1]- Welles [2] told Lothian [3] last night on authority of President [4] that United States Fleet would not be moved from Pacific Ocean without prior consultation and that there was no immediate intention of so moving it. [5]
CASEY
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1 Document 407.
2 U.S. Under-Secretary of State.
3 U.K. Ambassador to the United States.
4 Franklin D. Roosevelt.
5 This cablegram was repeated as no. 42 to S. M. Bruce, High Commissioner in London.
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[AA: A1608, A41/1/5, ii]