Washington, July 10.
The White House announced yesterday that Mr, Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, had offücially advised the United States that information on troop movements such as was disclosed recently by Senator Burton K, Wheeler, Isolationist Democrat from Montana, concerning Iceland, placed in jeopardy the lives of British fighting men, Senator Wheeler, prior to President Roosevelt's announcement of the occupation of Iceland, said he had knowledge that American troops were scheduled to replace British troops there.
Mr, Churchill stated his position concerning Senator Wheeler in an official despatch wired to President Roosevelt, According to Mr. Stephen Early, White House Secretary, the message was "not at all in' the nature of a protest" but rather constituted an expression of deep concern
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