London, July 18.
Mr, Harry Hopkins, supervisor of the lease and lend programme and one of President Roosevelt's closest advisers, arrived in London yesterday n. His visit was to make a check-up in Britain on the operation of the aid bill. He was in Britain on a similar mission from January 6 to February 16.
Mr. Hopkins crossed the Atlantic in one of a fleet of big bombers, all of which arrived in Britain safely. He immediately visited Mr, Winston Churchill, Prime Minister and later attended a Cabinet meeting.
Hopkins yesterday attended a meeting of the British War Cabinet, creating a precedent—Reuter.
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