DUKE OF WINDSOR

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 December 1940, Page 5

DUKE OF WINDSOR

LIKELY TO MEET PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MAY BE OFFERED POST OF AMBASSADOR ACCORDING TO FLORIDA NEWSPAPER. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) NEW YORK, December 13. It is officially announced that the Duke of Windsor will leave Miami at 8.30 a.m. today in a United States naval plane on important official business. His aide. Captain Drury, has not revealed his destination, but it is reliably reported that the Duke will meet President Roosevelt in the Caribbean. An earlier message from Maimi stated: The “Maimi Herald” says it is learned that the Duke will be given an opportunity of accepting or declining the appointment as British Ambassador u> the United States before the post is offered to anyone else. The Duke mayfly on Friday for a conference with President Roosevelt on general matters, in which the Ambassadorship is bound to be a topic.

“IN HANDS OF NAVY” DUKE LEAVES MIAMI BY AIR. (Received This Day, 10.20 a.m.) MIAMI, December 13. The Duke of Windsor boarded a plane here. It is authoritatively stated that he is en route to see President Roosevelt on the cruiser Tuscaloosa. The Duke said: “I am sorry I cannot make a statement, but today I am entirely in the hands of the Navy. I am sure they will take good care of mo.”