The Archive · 1941

Harriman Leaves for Britain

New York, Mar, 10, Mr, William Harriman, Chairman of the Union Pacific Railway Company, left" by Clipper plane for Lisbon today on his way' to Great Britain as President Roosevelt's per-_ sonal envoy, {His mission wilt be to organize and speed up shipments of war material from the United States to' Great Britain, in accordance with the provisions' of the "Lend and Lease" Bill, Before boarding the Clipper plane, 'Mr, Harriman told' newspapermen that the Bill would be signed and would become law by the time he arrived in London, Mr. Harriman has been participate ing in the work of the National Defence "Committee, particularly insofar as the speeding up of the American rearmament programme is concerned—Havas Telemondial, Smuts Forecasts Swift Victory A quick end tone Aging"

quick end to ting Abystina. and. Somaliland was fore: Goal by General Smuts on Ins artvei Bere from a visit to Eeypt and East "Shines are going remarkably well" he said no Somsidand combat Proccily dished and 1 Believe that the: fighting in. Abyssinia Ts entering ite anal pose While, he was in Cairo, General Smuts had" conference with Anthony Biden, General Sir John Dil, General Sir "Archiala. Wavell and General Smuts sated that he was solisted' that the' conference "would rove ta Sid hatin jon to dacuasing the Abyssinian cam-Plan and' the Best way of speeding Te'tp, the conference also diseased the whale war problem and the pos: sibilities "and. prospects all-over the

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