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[Ramsay Macdonald]

June 19th, 1925.

My dear Buchan,

Your letter of the 2nd instant came to me in Lossiemouth; and has been my companion ever since; but I am sorry it has been so long unacknowledged.

I am proposing to go to Canada and probably the United States this autumn, but arrangements are still uncertain. I am going to Canada as a guest of the Government, and I find a very curious jealousy between the two States, which takes the form of a desire on the part of Canada to fill up the whole of my time. A somewhat important Canadian expressed himself in this way to me the other day: but when you cross the Atlantic you will not bother very much about us; you will go to the United States and spend your time there".

In spite of this, if I go west I shall certainly visit the United States, but I shall reduce my speaking to a minimum.

The proposal that you make to me is most

attractive. I am putting your letter, therefor, amongst the others relating to meetings and if I can fit it into my very short programme, I shall do it with the greatest of pleasure. This, however, is not a promise.

I hope we may come across each other soon.

I am Yours very sincerely, Ramsay Macdonald

John Buchan Esq., Elsfield Manor, Oxford.