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The Secretary of State to Foreign Secretary Eden 1
[Dear Anthony:] Thanks for your message.2 I have been thinking along the same lines. It looks at the moment I dictate this as though the treaties would squeak through, but I suppose we shall not know definitely for a couple of days. In the meantime, we should be ready. The President is in Augusta and would immediately return here if the vote goes wrong. I have talked with him by phone and he agrees in principle that there must be quick action. I would be prepared, as you suggest, to come to Europe, and in general my ideas harmonize with yours. While I would enjoy seeing you again, I hope it will not be necessary on this occasion.