Winston Churchill to Franklin D. Roosevelt (April 2, 1941)

"Please at once tell the President that in any communication Admiral Leahy may be instructed to make to French Government it would be desirable to make no mention of "permission" being obtained from armistice commission or of escort to be provided for "Dunkerque" as this might give away our source. It would be sufficient for him to say that information had been received showing that there was the intention to send "Dunkerque" to Toulon for repairs in near future.“ This work is in the public domain worldwide because it was created by a public body of the United Kingdom with Crown Status and published before 1976. See Crown copyright artistic works , Crown copyright non-artistic works and List of Public Bodies with Crown Status .