POST IN LONDON.
Personal Representative Of
Mr. Roosevelt. SHORT TERM APPOINTMENT. (Reed. 11 a.m.) WASHINGTON", Jan. 3. President ltoworclt lias appointed Mr. Harry Hopkins, formerly Secretary of Commerce, as bis personal representative in London. Mr. Roosevelt said Mr. Hopkins would not have the status of Ambassador, for which be was physically not strong enough. He would leave for L/ondon soon, and probably would not remain long. The President *aid he expected to nominate Mr. J. P. Kennedy's successor as Ambassador next week.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 3, 4 January 1941, Page 7
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112POST IN LONDON. Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 3, 4 January 1941, Page 7
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