A file of reports and correspondence concerning Anglo-American relations in the period during the early stages of American involvement of the Second World War, with particular focus on American hostility to British intelligence work in the United States of America. Topics of discussion in this file include a reported conversation in which an American official complained about the unsuitability of the British ambassador; political intrigues amongst Yugoslav representatives in Washington, and their effect on Anglo-American relations; rumours in Washington of the activities of the British secret services; a report on the animosity of the American government towards the British intelligence services; a discussion of the problems of gathering intelligence in America; discussion of coordination between the American and British intelligence services; and a discussion of the exemption of allied agents from a Congressional bill designed to force non-British agents to register with the government.