London, Jan. 11, "Iam on a very serious mission," declared Mr. Harry Hopkins, Presid ent Roosevelt's personal envoy to Great Britain, addressing the British ress yesterday.
After stating that he had conferred with Mr. Anthony Eden (Foreign Secretary) and Lord Halifax (new Ambassador to the United States) and lunched with Mr. Winston Churchill (Prime Minister), whose conversation had detained him 90 minutes longer than he had expected, have come personal representative to meet Mr. Churchill end other members of the Government' and to discuss with them matters of mutual urgency to our two nations. T shall stay in England unfit I get Anished; not tess than two weeks, not more than fortin"
'Asked whether he had a good iden of who was' going to win the war, Me. "Hopkins replied: "Ihave in: deed. I have no misgivings about the outcome of the war. American munitions production. will reach Its Peak at the end of this year and carly next year. There Is going be @ united and altogether successful effort in the production of defence materials in the United States to be used by ourselves, Britain, Greece and China."
Dry Humour cis, Be would not visit ang Britain, but he' expected "to travel Bround' the eountry"and- see. everything "necessary.
'INF. "Hopkins replied with dry humour to. volleys of, quostoai, Asted about' his impression of Wednesday. night's alt Fald, he re-Tnarked that he could thike'of noth: ing tess important than his personal resetlons to the Bile.
The envoy gave no clue of the rece "nature of his_mlssion, Dut Feassred Britons of President Roose: Wells good health under great strain thd "hie unahalen split and. deter= ite, "Hopkins added is persona opinion that Lord Halifax would Parent success a9 British Ambassa~ dor" n Washington Reuter.
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