"His Majesty's Government will respond to the President's appeal with all sincerity and without reserve, and they most earnestly hope that other governments to which it was addressed will do likewise."
President Roosevelt yesterday telegraphed a direct appeal to both Herr Hitler and Dr. Benes, President of Czechoslovakia, asking them not to break off negotiations but to work for a peaceful settlement of the situation.
The President also sent a message to Mr. Chamberlain and to M. Edouard Daladier, the French Premier, through Mr. Cordell Hull, the U.S. Secretary of State, through whom the President similarly appealed to Poland and Hungary for peace—Reuter,
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