Letter from Eamon de Valera to Malcolm MacDonald (London)
(Personal) (Copy)

Dear Mr. MacDonald,
I am very glad to have your letter expressing your pleasure at the outcome of the negotiations¹. I feel that were it not for the happy combination on your side, of yourself and the Prime Minister, the negotiations could not have been successful, or begun.

I have no doubt the happy ending of the disputes in question has begotten a new attitude of mind on the part of our people, and if we could only now succeed in solving the problem created by partition, a happy future of mutual understanding and fruitful co-operation in matters of common concern lies ahead before our two peoples.

It has been such a pleasure to have one so understanding as you to deal with in the difficult matters of the relations between the two countries, that I regret your departure from the Dominions* Office². I hope most sincerely that in the equally difficult task you have undertaken, your knowledge and zeal will serve you equally well.

*By the way, this inappropriate title should now be changed