Sleazy JFK letter leaked.

“She is still pretty young but starting to look like a looker nonetheless. I think she rather liked me and now I wouldn’t be surprised if she has a thing for me. The knee breeches are cut tight to show off my crotch at its best, and the uniform – worn by everyone but Dad at these court functions – seems to have caught the polite eye of the young heir.”
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22-year-old future President John F. Kennedy, writing in 1939 to his friend (and future U.S. Senator from Rhode Island Claiborne Pell), on his interaction with the 13-year-old future Queen Elizabeth II at a royal function for diplomats hosted by King George VI that JFK attended (in traditional court dress) alongside his father, U.S. Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy

So, imagine in 1939 if the contents of that letter were leaked to either one of Joe Kennedy’s many enemies or the press. Would relations between the US and UK be hit by a minor setback?

Or what if it somehow leaked in 1960, would JFK be able to dismiss it as fake or youthful idiocy?
 
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