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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