Conversation between Strathallan and Senator Hale regarding the figure of British Naval Destroyers at the start of the war and those lost in its prosecution

Covering letter and notes on a conversation between Strathallan and Senator Hale regarding the figure of British Naval Destroyers at the start of the war and those lost in its prosecution. Strathallan queried the Senator's figures and suggests that he may have made his mind up that the British do not need the destroyers and that the US should not risk the political consequences of giving them