INTIMATE AND FRIENDLY
(United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received June 9, 9.30 a.m. WASHINGTON, June 8. Hands which for so long have been figuratively clasped across the sea met in actuality to-day when the King and Mr I'ranklin I). Roosevelt met in a small reception room at the station here. The historic meeting was intimate and friendly. Only the King - and Queen, the President and Mrs Roosevelt, and officials and the President’s family were present. Sir Ronald Lindsay (British Ambassador) and Mr Cordell Hull (Secretary of State) conducted Their Majesties to the reception room immediately the train, arrived. The King was wearing the full-dress uniform of an - Admiral of the Eleet and the Queen wore an ensemble of powdered mauve crepe, with coat and cuffs trimmed to match, and a fox fur. Their Majesties chatted with Mr and Mrs Roosevelt for 20 minutes and then emerged to their cars which were escorted by cavalrymen, artillerymen, and 50 tanks. A record crowd was massed in the streets on the way to White House.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 161, 9 June 1939, Page 7
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