 Later, de Valera travelled to London for the first official contact with Lloyd George.The two met one-on-one in a private meeting, the proceedings of which have never been revealed.During this Truce period, de Valera sued for official designation as President of the Irish Republic and obtained it from the Dáil in August 1921, in place of the title which had previously been used of President of Dáil Éireann.