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•

0677

..,..., -Wet oC 40 -· Unr&n- '01\11 l'1ro -lnl. ·-· .._.n.oe.r~-u.-\.or•.,."· u..-t•-e\Mo- ___ 20•.

f.-l,at • -uac a.pt. u, 194.0. t.u .... rr. cu ...__ s.pt. :u., 19-W.

-..,.\Moll UP~ J&bri.M:l.-.: aot.ian ..,.,..""" ot -uac fJC hpt.ll,l9...0·

a:IOot . ,1940 ~~:::!"=-·-utiac-\II•.U

•

•

0678

~,U• flit anuo• """"" 111 -"'.q- plot. • .s...n, ~flit \eoto. ... otcao.,. UU .-jHt.

-- .ur o--.. .... -... ... u .. 011-- flit -u. ot tev'-·J..I,l940.

210.t.,l94Q :!1:::!!":.-au.r~-I.Mr-

•

I

0679

J. Utallood t-u-u. orNI'U( 4ea1p oad ~-<I. bt.~

b...,oot...n .... ._,uoor.ooo-nar..o.

JOWl ftio ,_,. _. •-tWo! u 1 r.rw.l\ at .u..c .. .tou "-- ...

np:r-\&U~II u4 1J,l, """""~~ ri-IM\&UYM, ... \M ,_u-in ... en."" 1a ...... u.-u. .ua. DWMl.,...

19 Oct., 19UI Wti.C" 1.o <Ia ~ l.Doj.UUo J... c.-a...,..,_ pot.iq nt- t.G U,e, m.llWf7 .ttt.o.clle, a....a... ~:.:::. t.o 111'1t.o W ~~ •liltc Ml.euo fl. a-

260.t., 1940 --....r..wD. u.. D.,w, vc:tacnJ.-oL J.at_U .. -req .. IW<l~ IA,

26 0.\., 1940 G2 iator.M ol UU. .

•

•

•

0680

1 - of dltt&Uo<l 1""1,111rlH ol>out .s..1co ot -Ur-4 p.o plut, rool<ot projootllo, oU-. ,.,.....u.r, b1P o.l.Utud.o ~\ "K'l:r o.ppon.tu, u.o ot -1>,-Ga-... drcrat't.uod l<ll: ~ ut-. p.o ~l.nf; <Ill=-. ---· "".-oal - ......

~u -.4<1 tw n.it 1>7 CMa41M n~•••ta­t.lToo to~o to .U..clo• lai.<Nt iatOl'MtJ.oe i.II.U.OU-ooool•.

1f .h.tt. 191.0 ~~· ot O,s. req ... ow -~ t.o llMio41.l.4 re-t&-

l1 0.t . , l940

2J0ct. ,l940

......,.._to -..lo tar oei ... tht t.o ~ r.-~ to ~"' lahot 1n!o.-u"" t.o CU&4o. OD4 11.8 .

C&b1o. rr- l.aadoe ot&tl.:>c 'GMool s..- rlll tHo naU­obl.<lin&b""t --.V.II. o•tborl:Uoo iat.._.j •

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•

•

0681

.....\fw ~ Olt---. •11, U, ... • ....., ~ tla6er, pUot Mll.-~t..- ..,_, .....,._ ..... Nqlllc oqWi!.~, lriu.ll- -· ..-t.UA taU.- (..W. 1...,.) . '

W~Wr r.... Gl! claW 0.\, k, ot..U... ""!.- _, J~"'::; Ut..olooo. _. t. M _, W 11)..\ ot I~ otfu.,.,

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•

MJIWIII (Uatnl 0082

~Sept. , l911D ht&Uo 0: .. ~- etMr ..._,&&I' Mftp­u-l..-.~>ro-.pt."'-Jitcl.oaol_..__...,.

Ml1Jt.tl.3.ott1o .... ..,. •• e-.....,_.. US.pt.,l940 Iat..r-lar.pl,Ju"""o-tt.G~IIoo~'·

19 lie'·· 19411 - ..... tnln .. _, t.o .... ~'·

• 0583

QUXItlo De•cr1pt1u detdls of variouo typn of ~proxi•ttr" tutu forbo,bo, 1nelud1n1opticd, aeoult1c•l•nd radlotypu.

Le t ur from G-2 d•ted Oetob.r Hh, 19o40

9thOot . l9•0,ur1uofraporu(?) aenttoG-2 forinforu.t1onandeopyln1 .

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0684

-troraa.~2:n:~o-rs....uw-t~_...,.__. iN--· dM 2 --ue -·- ..--. w:lU..,.... ,.n.-a.v.u..-.

t..\~ rr- n2 &o.W 0.,, 2,, ot&UJoc r.q110ot.o -t :;_!.jUitaq U~1U.... ,

• 0685

Uhpt. 1 19o40 Wwreolt.oo~.Ul.aoloo.

1.1 hpt. 1 l'JU) !a J.U•- nt .... -, OIIICNUac iat-U. ~

be oll\&laM u.r-p ~.a . 1\I.UM 1a ~.

l6o.~ •• 1940 I K<>-tl.<l la,at.ro..oUJrc u.ottJWo w-u. .. cl-l.ooV,S,Iti.U....,.U-.

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ktW ~ 11.1-~ Y.UU. ~~-do.- Dot .), l 'MIJ N\Uf -tuUaoobelac\&ba.....,._~~u-.

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068 7

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t• J..oaoln'-7' '-' - __,. .., ,..-. !lieN SMI. ........

-- ~ ~--~ .. ._... .... D'l'- &l~ _t, ~ftlYM, 1-c..lo!r --II'IQ' -·

260ct.,l940 -..; .... ,,..._wrror ..... eooar.t•a~...,.. -""' u.,. -t.eaa ....,.tuuc..,b..rwt.dr

-'·"~ ...... ..:""'- .

• 0088

lloq-t f<>r. pllp1e&l ~. - .... tc1ac CU1ap ·~u... .t ~ latM'.,. .t ~-.....,.,--.,.au, Lopt.a..•u. •-u ... t.~ud.'-l.q\Mt.upt.

ll0ot.,.L940

140ct.,l940 ::~::--=::~~":.~ o,a, .~u... ht...- or poe1U•·

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!

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0089

wu...- haoo u.. e-.. ... a.or .t.o.tuc u.t ~ "'I'P"""e41>7Iql..olld, Col.OM1Fial.q1ar...-.

Lottu l'Niollr ~· Baker .t.o.UJoc -t w. ..:jld-t •• bel..ac d.bpotched. Ool., rial.toT ll>t...-,

• 0090

u Got., 1940 W........t to llr c_.,._ B&br.

l.4oot., 1~ a.,J¥t...llr-..au...pot.\lacnt.U.tUDO to:ZOOOtn.laf;• _____ ,.._ __

::_~~ ..,._ -w u. '"''-'Uno a.

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I00ot,,l9J,tl

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1.

0691

J.1r ~- labr -.b4- Mopi.M &ftUaloloo,

=-~1 .... -- .. •llatobllorn-wnl.oi..W..

1Atl .... ~ll1'C-o:re-.."'*iotct.lo•Wat&ia-~U. (' ... ,..,.., ......... .

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•

- t.an4an , • O.tobtr27,1940.

~~!:~~:::.~~:·~:r.:r~=~~~..!" ,:~:' ..!~~ ••• llooo no~ yet hoord ollot Vl~ll)l baa •&rood

~rrleu ~· .. ~~:Y~i~~f :;:..~! 't~..,111~!:~!~"nd alrHdJIIoMO)' t.e ok•UllleJrlnoudr•ll• .. otecl. If Onnan4B11uteboc.,.,_Go...,-ltdlan l u-rlc.oboou, ....,.ho,.oornoppl.ac or l.apedlncti>O rUn lorce:>ent or U11 hooUh arar- ottoeUnC tupt -.111 M dostroyed , aDd tl>t heut.n ro ... or Gu~-<>rJ&nlud Haltan auoek .... t -,. u,.no<~. Tbo oHuoUon 1.a tho l'ut.,.n ~dl­torrar . ...,. otU aloo be cr .. olroorune4. Ir C..~n II bo t nrod , Tor')'''"' 4<~~"' •Ul arlu 1» the 1tlu.t1e unlou .... or<oOblo toroeti!yt!>o I>OO H!an, oiUeh oUl notboaur.

On tl>t Otl>tr N :>d , thoo IMOUIIO-nt Of VICil)I'O ,.,. ... ,laod toow:hd .. trtllroooH 1ntl:. P'reneh Eloplr.,ohleh""ahouldt.an toald .nol. fonor•Hh t'uttlloordrunouponour olowlJUINind l.nfroooW'eu .

£1tho r .. J,thera!Ol'a,~a ouruono olll ::.i'i~;~ fro.""' 1n t~ .. ~lurrar.Mn dutlnc tho

l'oauondo .. ourlncto•n .. bhaoorrl.orJO a....,11'1thoMI44leEon,t.n4tho -•-tottr<><>!>" tiiHhorr.....on poruor t holaplu , upooldlyrr­tbe llotllor to\111trJ, br. o for OOM .ontlll p .. t b.,.n =­euoil'lc. tho eaa.al&>• -~~eh dll4nolop thoro ... _

~~~-~~~":..~:: ~~~~;..hl~:,. -:t.t~;r:·:r~r.,"". outputono!ruoureu-,Uclluo-"Ol'110\11 o.n<l b.r<>n40U!' po• .. •HholltJOW"belp:.OoupplJ too4ocruwhlcll -o\OldlnO\U'OY!CtOI')' •

.Ul tho tiao •• ho .. to pro•14o tor t~.e do-

~i.:r .!.,"" r!;1::.h'~~~; !f•~:.!""~oe:~~~ ~!rator.a a:.! IUjllr!Or AU 1or<:IO ~~E.l\011 ready,

WUlJ tbe 11-bG~t OJ><l ol r IHocQ upon O\U'

5tL~-:rrdH:f!:~~~~ · ·~=· .~~:~::::·~~~.::r~~~~~;,

• 05 93

YouwillaH, thenton,lllr. Pr .. ldtnt, how 1'U'J' &1'Mt an our p70bl- and danian. Wa r .. l, ~ar, c-t1d•t or owo abU1tt1 it •• an ch~mtbenac .... ryauppll .. , too&ri'JontlM•rto aaucc .. atulconclulon,&Dd&nJ'~"•J'a&oincto tryourbe&t.

Yov..tll, how..,er, all-aato iApreu upoa

F.; ~~,:".!..n.:r ~f:!!r~t .~:c:~~~t~1~:~·:~:~ hu dnady been laid before you by t..yton and PurYh.

~~ ~~~· ~~~l~!ii;:r~:. c~c:~::tn:o~.~! :: r~~ibh tbenwo.beractlllinctoouraupportnu:ty .. rwillbe conaldareblyincreued? J'urtherDOncannnor<lare torupa.ndedprolre•aalaobeplacl'd.aoproaptl)' thatdll1Yer1 .. uycoaaout1ntlwmiddhofl94l?

. Theequlplllentofouranoiaa , bothtorhoma defence and onruu , h procreuinc, but •• depend uponlmer1eandel1.,er1 .. tocomphtlouru1ninc prograuaahiehdllcutainlybadalayedand l llped.ed. bytheboJibinc<>ttactorl .. anddlaturbanc .. otwork,

Ama1110randwo.ontMhchnlclldata1la ia bdng t\lmhhe<l.youthroua:htha proper ch&nnda, and h.l.•1ngph.ced. e llthe rectst..roreyoulr.elconf1-d.ent t hat eur ythi"l!; hunl!nly pou i bhwUl be done . The world c•~• is 1n your hen<:l1. ~

Ooj4

lld.Wlla oa t.be 1'0\Bbt.ion PJ'OY1ded bJ' • •UT lua• .... o~ ,.....,._ pt.eed lu&

.Ut.eraQ!Stntbelp'l'1n,loftbbyMJ", tbe

lb'1thb-- , _1rtac • l tM47 1U.. of

.. ,.~l•l1•er1N-t1JI&tot~

balldredl,.,._tb., rtl111,ar01r1Jl&rep14ly

UldwtUb.tberlliU••l:J'-rl:J'f'ltur••ttl.tn

••IT U,Ort ... t proportl&to. u tbe - tiM

t.beJb'it11btGnl1Uh'ollth11COIIIIti')'IU

&pin to be lllereued bJ' bee.,. orden • .,w'ltlnl

. to-1.2,000pllne•wh1ob1rl.Un"••tlll t'llrt!Mrtoup&lldoUI' .. ropllnebwl\l&trytoa

e•pe.eltywblcb.Ulbeof tbe cr~&tntnll>• to

lb'itlla,arn!allo·•1rleethllelp•el t711ll14

4- iD. tbh eo1111t"'7 • to llnlt..S Stltll dtfiMI.

la~,ourhwl\l&tr1nw1llproddethl

Jrithbwlth.mytho\l&ln410ftldd&W\Iall4

other ertUlery of tbe letnt ..S1ll1 wtth t..,. ,

... .,tuwlred)l,otthDafanobof .. chin•..,n•J wlt.ll

0695

BRJDfiHI!!CJ!l!ICf,LMISSPtl. 28th0ctoberl940

Atterthedeeldonto .. ndtllelli .. ton,endbt!Grt

!~·~~:r.~~~r:,.,r~ic~f~~~~~!~~~ !:~ ~~~r~::"':~·~~~!t~:; . AnlyandNnvyauthor1U••••r•aub!o1ttedthrouchtht Br it1 oh .Ur Attache, Wuhinston .

Then lhhwen•de tllebatu ortnrorm.o.tlon brOUihtout tr0111!n1llnd by tht•lulon, and ror41 eeuu1ona

~~~/':~:; :~e.~!d~· thou1ht that all the .ubjeetJ on thue

Aeondderabla e.ount or important and h1Jhl)' .. eret tachnicallnto...,tlonwaellnn to the U. S. euthortttae durt~dlscunlonaalth thelllulon 1 a M1prauntat1vat 1

=~ :..~d!:"!:~ .. ~r!~"f: ' .,:~:. '!h!~!' t~ :~~:_ ~1~!r-.::t not evalbbla haraerrencemenh wen "'*de or are belnc

• =:':,:rf:~.,:b~ib1~1!,!~~~~!'~Pari~~~noat1on on war

reque~~!'~c~! 1:n;: t~~·z.~~ ~~;:!!4 °~,.:~~!~~.:~!~:(6k.wt.) ~-~~~~:~•..! i~: r ;'>~~~~::;1~~ t~~r~r:~~~~a~;y v~~~~P;~~· · proferr•dor(1ven1nanonrto'l'erbalrequests{~tCuAt ),

•

28th0c:toberl940

IIIP'!lRN,AII'lN GIVEN TQ US A!!T!!ORITJI'!S 0696

1 . ~~-

were~~ ~·~r;~!!~~~n~; :~~ ~~:~o~~!v!~c1.t~~~~~ht1on drawingshandedovar to the Navy Department . A second oetofthesehandbooks:lsbe1ngobta1nedattherequest o!'the\YarDepartroent,

over~~o!'~~~~~r~~;•J.,:~~~t~a~:~~ic, are being sent

FUllproduet:londradngsue to be supplied.

&mmunfTI~R1!!~?~st !~~;!~t 0~o!~!~;~t~f ( lOS~!~~~;~re have bunsupplhd . Details of our incendiary and spec1al t racerammun1t1onhave beenrequestedfromLondon .

FUlldetailshavebeencUsclosadofsoeretBrltish methods ofdafaneeagainstairattaek inelU<Hng : -

a} ~:!I~f:\.~~,.~~~ed ~:!;~· and drawing• or h thal

0) ~~~:§• o~!~ . Ss;hfu;ihe~a~~;:h~"~~~~~r~!;~11~~ -d)~~~-Sa.,pleanddra'lfincshanded

e) ~a~~:~~ cutte rs , Snmph and soe.c ~ra1!1ngs

).AIIIJ - \IRCRAITGU~

been Jt~:r~~!a, ~~lu~~! ~=~!~'~~in t~!J ;~~~~~r~~= . Detailsofour.,.arexperiencewiththeseguns•ere given .

~:~p~~nih:r! bl!ing sOughtt~~o~ein~~~~op:r:;:~lete gun andcrewarebeingncntoverfromEngland .

28 . 10 .40 oil'"

• 069 7

•

•

mllilJ:"' ~~H~ufa~. ~P~h~,.:~a~01!~M~~ ~na';on seeretequtpmenthavebnn&lvenandhllndbooks suppltd . Dataof~have beenrequntedfromEngland . A gunwitheny, late!t power drive and pre<Hctorare belngsentovertordemon•tration . PToduct1ondrawtnss are to be supplied .

other~iahp;:;~ut:~iu~~= ~~=\~~:~n3~~ all Nnva l4" , 4 , 7"andf'Om- pom,wlthdetaile otourwar experience with all types . Some po.rt1euhu o!' shells andruseswer e given ,end moroarebe lng soughtfrom ~land .

antt-arm#t r~~~:i;• .. ~~" 0~~v=~~r:~d ·~P~fi:•~!~t~1 tR,u dllta1lsoftherec en tworkw1thprox1m1tyfuseo for rocke t swerealoodtsclo!ed .

or oJ'Hr~n~~1A:~ t~~.~~ · gu~t;., ~· !:~~ ~ .. ~:~tn~~;~ud detathcf t he ve rylmportant andsecrot .. o r konRadlo fire control method s . Handbo:>oks em thh subj e ct have been supplied .

"'""u~ffi!T~s t .. ~~~!~: ~;r~11;u;~l 1!~~~~~~:~~~n; 1 ~~pes Of!IIOunt1ng, s ighh , etc . found e rrective .

4 . ANTI - SUB!'"\Rim':MEASUBES .

A comple te des cription o f the " ,Udic" equip.,ent w:u dhclond . U. S . Naval office r s were invited to inspect the equ1))fllent1ndetnllat0ttawa, andtoseeitin oper ationatl'.al1fax . V3riou•lmndbooksanddoeuments -.rerehll.ndadovcr, l!ldm<:>::- e havebeenrequested fromEnglllnd . Spedalitel!ls of equipment a r e being sent frol!l England f<:>rtestbythe U. S.Navy .

Deta1lsof ourexper11!lental,.orkonsubmnrinfl detect1onfrom a1reraft,and1nflueneerusesfor anti ­~ubmnr1ne bombs have been supplied, and r e ports lent to the Na t1ono lDef enceResflll rehCoune1lforeopring •

a -3-0698

~~!!~~~:~~~=~~:~y~!~n::~;~d;:!*~:~:~r~~~:~~:~~~~::!~ elo .. allinto ..... Uon ln their po~unlon .

Cablu,..reunttotondonurrlnrtupplyotall !'1Jrther datAUedlnfor ... tlonrequlr a<! .

J.rranre11enu hu•e Men ude tor a ICl&lltht to c Ollie out fro• En&:hnd to 1he Canada andU • .!I , J. . the hteot lntormatJon ,

6. &r;gumsw rmrtl

Particuhn han been supplied to the N. I .• C. t..

expUl~~<~nt.lleorkon•·

a) T'lrQ nrokelntentel eombu,lonenrlnn. b) Internal ooJObllltlon turblnn,

• c)Jet ~hlon torai rcrart .

7 - ~-

Cont.lcU have bun a rr&nte<ll>et•een the U. 5 . &utt>odt1u

end repruent.atinsotthellattolllllRuearchCO\Incll , canada , lnd the!lrithh l'u~haalnt eo ... tulon . The llltter han bun ln l tructed to dhclou any lntor ... tion In their pouesslon ,

Anof fern. o ""'de toheveanuploslvn UJ>ert untout tro111 Enl l&nd .

8 .~

Details or our hlt;hly ucret exper!Btent.al work en inrluenee tuset f er bombr,rcekatl or shells were ~lselcse~

ir.elu~tnc those on • -

&) l'hcto-elaetr i ctulet . b) Aeou~tte tun~ c) n.~tc cptra te~ fule$.

Reportsonth .. esub,leets •areltnttcthetl .S . rcrccpytnc .

• 9, g'JQHQ '"ORpgpoE; .

Partieulan cf cur experh:ent.a.l•or~ •ere ctven and • tilBtlenttctheD . s,lfavy .

•

•

0099

. Det&UI or t he latest 4...-elo.,.,ento in na.1'111t1Cn

!~t~h~ . : : "~~!!::~: . br~!~!. r~:;-o~~~d 1 t::: :~·~:~::!ent wereaubnq\lentl)'tupplled . J.ec.oplltes&l> pleinatall­•Uonora "" t:rpe or oapturld CilrM.ndhtant rHdlnc oomp..ll"nl d...,natra tedandhandedoverto";:tU.S, llnal .. ll tborittu , to1ethe with the reportl .

11 , ~ug.

12.~.

1'1111 dholosurewu ... deor0llrh1t:hl)'sacret ondi.Jiportantr.d1omethodsror t-

e)O.teot1cnore t reraftfrOI:lthl&r ound .

b) Deteet1cncfa 1re rartt r omsh1po ,

e) Dete etionctdrer&Ctfrollother•lrcraft

d )Dete et1onotoh1pstrom a1rcnrt

e)Detect1cnotsh1psrromthec011ot

f)Ounend nuehl1cht·le:r1n&:

&)lt.ethodsfor 1dentlf1el t1ono!tr1en4lyetrer att a ndshtpo .

U. S, Slcnals ott1 eers ..ere1nv1ted to vhltl:n&hnd t ocett1rot• hand1nfonnatlon on allthesem.atter o .

J. n\Uilber cr doe=ents •nd deoeri~tions or thiU m•thodland the1rwork1nt:••r•Mnded over, o r lent .

urecards(d) sampleequtr-entl' .. sbeenuntrro• EJ!Ilendtort1tt1"1to1U.S,flyl"'bo•t. OUrreprea­entatlve11 an1at1nt1nPTepa r1nttheb<:>attort1tt1nc .

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J.tra&ardt( t )a .. mplaequipmenthaabeennntto

Ho.Utu:arul1.ntpeQt..SbrU.5. ott1Qen.

t>et.eUtotourex~rS..entalworkonveryhi&h

trequeMrradtoequipr!Oent w-&inn endQur""utreeentlr

dnelopedred1on.lv .. tornrylow.,.velellithaeG1b1ted.

J.dv1QeerulauhtaMe1t b1111i riven to the1!.D . R. C. 1n

ntt1nrupnnradior"eu-chlal>orator1'" torV . I! . F. work •

•

•

•

QsMbtr m IIKQ

When I ea.ae down With the Pru1dent on the train

ton1cbt he .. ld t hat bJ.s til;ure for the nwtber ot

electoral •ott• wu 211~ •

Oi01

Thh shte::~ent wu pr epared 0702

b,y llr. Young •

•

•

October 28, 1940

0703 Up to October 1st or thh year, the total orde rs placed

in the United States fo r the accOunt of the Br itl ah Gonrru::ent

c:ou:1hd to $1,6oo ,ooo ,ooo e.nd additional order. ready to be

ple.ced approzill:ate another $3, 239, 000, 000. or the $1 , 600, 000 ,000

of order s already placed, $237, 000 ,000 !'epreeenh capital CO!:!­

IIl.ilaentt for the purpose& or plant npantion, pe rsonnel train­ing , and the like . J. capital co=lt~~:ent of $100 ,000 ,000

ha&beenalloeated to t he ai rcraf t lnduatryalone , while the

re::~ainder of $137 ,000 ,000 hu been COIIC:Iltted fo r upand lnt the

facilit ies of powde r , cunltions , and ather industrial ent er ·

pr hes enga~;ed upon the production of wa r materiel .

The Brit hh Gove rl'U:Ient u of October ht hu placed

orders for ~:~o re t han 11 , 000 alrplnnes and 27,000 en;: ine s, Ad­

ditional orde r s to be phced by the British Gover~nt for ai r ·

craft andengineaequalthose a.l res.dyouhtandlng .

With re spect to othe r 'lf&r ~:~aterl~l the Brit hh have

dr~aay placed ot'<!en for 68 ,489 ton~ of e:rploaivea and pro­

pellante ; 1, 106 ,000,000 rounds of Sl:l811 sr:::ts a.=unition; and

264, 117 •me.llar:::taofvar ioua typu , uwell as fo r other ltema

ineludlngtanks , tanken&i::es , C~allboats , ~:>a rineenginu, and

rewnateriah , especially iron and stee l. In addi tion to the

fo regoing, the BrltiahGovern;:~.ent is intheproeeuofplaeint;

- 2 - 0704

on!e:-a for 1 , 175, 000, 000 rounds of s~ll &1'1111 a=unltl.on;

1, 850 field ~a ; 22 , 600 medhm (;lUll ; 54, 275 U1all ems ;

2, 000 t&nka; and other miaeellaneoua items .

l!etweenJune andOetobe rof thhyureerhinaurplus

:aterlel wu sold or exchanged bf the United States ii'::IY a.nd

llavy for uore modem equipment. All of thi s surplua ::~ateriel

wu eventually purchased fo r the account of the British and

Can•dianGover=anh fro~:~dor.'leatic COI"porationa .

In au::.::ary, thll aur-plua lll&te r lel Included 890,000 rifles ,

20, 500 revolvere , and 86, 583 !:Uichlne guns , with 144., 790, 000

rounds of &J:II:IUilitlon for the same; 895 field tun• with M;;~Wii ­

tion; 316 three• inch CIOl'h!' l with s=unitiOIIj 8, 5()0 tOM Of

1',!1 .T.; 4. , 860 tons of powder; and 6, 600 aircraft bombe . In

addition to then lte::~a thnenre included large quantities

of t.ceeasory equip:umt , such ull:llllunitionchuts, zuguinn,

spare b~ornh , oainons, etc . All of this :uteri.el ao pur·

chued for the •ecount of the British and Cana~ian Govenu:1ents

wudeliveredjuat Lftertheevacuat1onatDunklr k .

In a~dltlon to the expansion in our own production

capacity resulting fro~:~. British orders , we hue also obtained

plans a.'ld specifioatlons of British "ll'&r cateriel , such R3 the

Rolls Royce llerlin ellbine , the power-driven aircraft turret , end

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detdled technical lnfo!'lllatlon conce r nlng&ntl · alrcraf t mea·

surea, L"lti - aul:ct.rlne =euuru, etc . Further, the use bJ the Brlthh of Al:lerica:l·m&de phnu and bUill hu given us

va.lue.ble !.nfoi'!Utionu to the etfectheneu of these

•eaponaunderactudconbe.tconditiona .

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October29,1940 Washington

2,700 (Continua.ttonOrd&ra)

9 , 000 (Expans ion progra~~~~~&)

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l.Theproo..,tprou-ou~hor l .. •lb)'tlw JUional ••hioor y Dofonco Coor.oU tor oironn pro­duc:tlonon"helroftheV,I. FOFJ'OO..,ho tot.lot u , ns ... tu {l.rlol••Unc opo.r .. ) tor ..-plouaa 1'7

::;:~~!:Io!"fo · • .,~~·~:u:·: .. :.!r~d' ph•• u 1n

~. rbe v. ~- Go•o......,~t oHk uunolon or thlo

~~r~:!:~·~:m::F~ill?~"',.&f~~~~~:.~~~=-

--- !:~~~~~:~~~~1!~~~~u!Eu:!m::~:{~t~J~:: b)'o rlratlnotd...,toopnloo!oueuUondurl"' 194l ""dJIOldU>IU'11 oddltlono.l\O'IIU pn .,ntn .

~ . 'flw 11. 1. Gou,.......,t dootn outbot1tJ t<>

r~:=~~·~o~h.~~·..,·· plan onol ,,m ..... tl>e nrn ,,TI.,J•loor-..uenou\lloritJtOrlnt..,oifiOCI

~~t",:- .oruut1niUP"<ityollocot«< toru.l . pr<>•

6, ltp&UJUpho (4) ond (') .coopprov td , tho U.t . Go"to,..,..ntuokouthorltJtOPlooood<l lt1onal

~~~·:.~~~:!!!~f. 9~~;·}~{i,:;:'i7 tl t or doH my by

~~r-Ji~:;t~r~~:~~.c!~~.~;m~:f~~~s:F .. ~~:~· .~!~ :..rn:~~ ~~~ .. ~t~!! :ut:;~~~f; . ..., b)' lur.o lO , 19~2.

u toll!;..;"" r""'~ ollooo t10G or th11 total WQuld be

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1.. F..rtbooflJI].oUonOD<1ln~=.,..••t tbo~p-.t tortbo

llr1UohuntWno.1Dto.._u..,,OD<1

B. For .,sdiU~ Brltioh UIIJ.W to~ oquippod. wUb .. _.

ol,._..ioont,no.

~ . !0111<0..... OD<I.I.Dti-Tonll:lqlll.ph • a.Lqbi;.I.Dti-TOIItlqul)>IIOnto hrtqll.$.f'1p4o

(JUII&&r.:IO&I"l'iqu) b. (;:!.,-..:"!~::.:rp•Dh ~Oimllel-•·~:::.Cimot..rllr1Uob...,_ ~

do~~!= tar OorioOD -.4e !:; ~:: !g;;; g::j

IO-.o.(ll.$.f'1p4o ) . ,._.

1,000, 000

1 , 1500]>1 ... 1 ,100p1<11

U.,ouod.... 1,1100 (tr..<:.....,., ""noW)

JOn: - t'be.a.....,..,.otall!'l'lJ'•lt!lo2&pch'.liU<I""'111.ll~c.....,., bolt to • •t t!>o ·- nquirto•ot tbo o-oU.J wbiob h d pnHnt ..-, l>lto pl'<N!IIOtionwW,.o<it.c~oxpWeol . Tll1o...,.rltq\dnoub-c""tr .. t1nt;orotbor uo lol.&nc• fl'oa ~"- Oo.1Ud Stat .. , t!>o IIO.tlll'<l ...,.! ut.oot o! ob!cb 111.11 ~ •­loott<l .. quiokJ.i~u:_:~::"::'~::':._• -------

fl>oH quanUUu are ooMo4.b7 tbo •114 ot l.aU b paM. to o~h t!>o Br:ttbh ......., ••• p .... t uo1 b pU"I; 1.<> pronco .,. ~- qdnot • ....t.oetioa olllr1Uoh ...,t.pv:t u • nnU ol .,..., .. u... . To tbo anent tbo.t 1t ~ p~ ~~lbl• to 0UJ>J>13 tbo" q110011tlt1oo b tbo ool~ 1'Ml' l.Kl, it h ~t tbo.t .. too .. 1abwoonl;rpoulbl.e1WMl,t , 40D<1lollould~~lO<IbJ'U.. ~lnlolllNt.

'-I.Uon roqu1ruooto b -uoa ottb the~ oql>ipoa.h 111.11 be DOti!IO<I L1 ...,.. .. a Nnol olloootloa bu - MC1o to C..,._ rt. &M.J.l.lu7 ..-..J.tlcm rooqu!r••nlrill.IIOt ~ hr&o. --

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!, lntW~ratt. Guq

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!'beaboYaf'icW"uara~14ai>CI.Nrarto-.JOT1ta•OQl;f,J. t\Ul. ~tat. ... t of U.. pr.ciH quanUUn ~ b7 diddo"" drarizlr thdr -..1.11 auppllnt'r'OCI!fortb.bcrlc!at.t..i.Dcprepued. 1D. ~.!'bebQJ.kottbo1n1tial aquip•ntoftha .. dhiaionaahovldbltaYallahl.abrO...allberl9U1 1U>d.tl .. toaib­t.enanoa r.ta ahol>id be uo.Uabla .. fro11Mt.roh bt, 1942,

Thooq\W\titiu!nalud.artoquira•ntJota~>elll.aryCorpaand~Trooptand local war raHrMa, on t ilt; buia ot ao&laa u:bt1q 1n tM Srithh l..'nq1 tor a roroaoflODhidona,

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mmpr!J'MVU.JIIIl!!l!W!pm!

n. follorina; are tlwl prll'lotr ool 11.11• uqu1,..d br tbo Flo,'~ 11•"1

and U. lll..ll.iltey ot Shippin(, -1, uti-nt-rtn. u.s pu, ... ircr,.n

:1=~ ::~ c 20 • • -.o.rlll:.... 2, 000

2, S...Uboato (_,t«boah, t.rnl ... o, etc,)

~. lilu'illot~o tarBrithhbulltbo.to

f , MINh&ntShipo tob4oi:AlUtinU, S,

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InwthePruident 1nh1abedroOI:Iateboutl2140p.m. I gue him the menage from Churchill which he read.,,..,.

~~~lir:1;~1 ~~: 1~·f~~t ~\::~ad 1:11 It I h&d aent a copt to

I then c au hil:l. dra!t or the atatement which PurYle

~~:~h~;i:!1~d·~~~~ ~i:!lftd 3~~ B:~:::~1:!~!:n;~il~io for any reuon, the1 thought it wun ' t win I would le{ him lm~.

I then shO"IIedhbtbe attaohed:amo , ~:~~.rked"I-1",

::~~d h~J!~u:~·:ti:~h~b ~~~~i::~.d~J:;~:u-::~~h ~e ·~~~CIId !:~;~:: ~ ~~N!~~ 1~.:: ~r:e!t~:·~:~ ~~"tf!I~~liTt:~ aecreh !or nary one we han ghen tbec. In ghnelng tbrougbthh~:~.emo , the President nldhewufa::~lll.arw!.th moat of it .

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Oi:-2 October31 , 1940

I uw the Prul~ent &t Cive mbutu of one and told bin

;~: !~:~~ :!E:~~t~: rgr~~i:~!~~!~}:~~irf~t:~:r !~!~g ~~t !~~c~·~.~! ;h~~.~h:~o=a· .~·~c:nA~~!~ti~r cl~; ~~~~r~~t~~~: ventionalxlulEl eanorRoosevelt . I nld that they represent everything thet 1& bigM n and badness in thh country, and

hf J~=d:~~ J~~:~i~g ~w~t::~~~i~n~:i:~:!t~::io~:n~l n~~ ~of couru , if they l e t out a blaat they control a lot of

~~~~!~:r;:t:f ~tn~\.h~fh~h:; ::~?~ellf~!i~, ~Th:a~~~t~le r, but he won't do &IIJ'thlng unlen I t ell him to.• I uld that

:~:?~:~~ ;~d t~:v~r~::~~o 1fo~~i!~\Ui1m:pb:;:~e t:1!~~~~n~hat ;~t~r~ai~:n!.~:!dto ·~~~ ~~~t t!!1.t~f1:oP~~n e.~thln tf~; them them before election. • He n ld, •After all , what Ed~le Flynn

!:Ua t~h:: ~:,~:~d~n~!n~s~n g~~~ ~: ~!i~ t~e~&i~~t •prad this ~:~: ~.f:~r~!!l :!;~~H?~::~~:t~~H !!:?:!td~y :~h:rhe (Eddie Flynn)wu oure th&t lwu!!£!_ goingtodoanything . "

bumor;h:n:r:!!~:~t v:~; :~~ ~~=~~!dd;.lih ;~7 r:~~;,U:~t that hehadgottenyeaterday. On hRVing the President ' s office , I g&ve General W&tson

a. brief &\lllllllary ofwha.t I told the President incase the

~~~n~m:1~a!~d d~i~fhin:if0~e~~!!~n waa that if they are

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At lunch today thePredo:lent u.idhe ..ouldllke roe to follow through on two th1nge .

lle ..,.ldthl<tHullhadepokento h l mAboUt $2li , 000, 000110rehdptothe Chlnenandcouldl lend 1ttothemout oftheStll.bll1zat1onrund, ltoldh l lll l dldnotthlnkeoeelhad.g1venm:~wor4to theCof16rtu that before lendlngan;riDOney from the st .. bilh&tlonF\11\d theot 1 I'Ould go up on the Hlll am\ exPlain lt to the ap~ woprlate Comroittee e and get their apnrov!\l nr~t . He tald , •weU , talktoHullaboutlt , •

I aekedhl <Owheth10rhewouldltkemetobrli'II!UP lltC"'blnetthe feetthfltabout rtve-eksagohelv<d told Hull t hll.t ,lf ltoraahgAl , to letChlnahAve the 10plllneowh1eh ,.e l'e t t1llly1"6onthedookelnthe Ph1Upp1nn , He n.ld , 'No , non 't 1>1'11'16 lt up atCeb­ln8 t . 'I'Ake lt u p .-lthll'ellet , boloAunllelleehaebeen ""rlr.lngonapr ogr,..,todletrl butel50pl llneebet nen theCh1neoe ,DutohEaetlndluancl.theEnp;lhhln91ng&­po~ . ·

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• Oaplto.ll .. oou.u oo'lloPlaeo4tor M"o~ler

... ,_,( • .,1~ . ... u ...... S'D"'' _.u .. uqp) amg"""FM'£'"

I, hr 4'm'"' "vrM

o.IM.Uuoah-up.......,ol2,000 otron.tt'll;rJ.,..,lN

~~-tloo,ooo,ooo,.t41Duptul nproooUpr~-.pntJ.I.'frou­_,.,..,.noti<>T. t, 1140,)

'II • .t.,_u, ._u\o., "to•'-· rM.Io .d.opeolooloqv.IJ*Oolt.r•h•o

t1,07li.OOO,OOO .@.000,000

II, D I -fmp Qr4M'rt Prqq•

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o..Uu4hnclu41DC ,a(lo.d.,:!Q _,IHu)

o-~0:"4!..U:cuoroMiol""toh

J!err-l!fpl h!pCgp!lagUoa

!lilt nu-u to lo o441un \o o..Uro o.lro.d.J' plaoa<l. -u. .. 11 opprui.MUlT ta,600,ooo,ooo.

!'U 'Io" lol'l'laae~reproooohU.ollrololoptoU...upo.aoloootU.. lrHioll olrcro.f\ 11,..,... .. a.h .. (¥ ono'IIUohd.

ftlo •tr.t.-tno Ordt.uoo PI'Oil'U' dooo ""' bold• aM!Uoo.al tu .. oUU to H fo~olo4uUrl.ho10IItr1oloo~Pl..,,

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mm l lli l!!!l!' 41!);$M!m p.p!prgws

pgmJ '11'111 p!IMS!OI I!D rg f,ilt!!II SDU! OI

Y'UJWIQJ' I Jitll!Tll COST

II!IJJPP m Sl!rPlflliiT V!ft1'9 CiUF!!I,

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pmu""R6!'•!1P"" ..

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or NI!'IT!9"' P!!m! m n Nm !IIIF!

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er m mmal'MI!!I!!!IP'r+QILI!'U

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(.wl- '*·000,000 ,..u l.a -~~ HJIIN_I_,porG.I,tr...­V7.._11.t .... '· lttO. )

"·"-'·-'u"·-·"'""'' .-.,.el• l•..U.-ttuu.n

II, pI •'m prtpe.w 'neM

LIODhhl ........ ~ .. l\lt. G.I. •,.. ~ (a..z-j- .... Do>fl .... , .....

1o.O-tJ.I,-f71- .. -••IPI ......... (IMhol.t .. ,IIQ-,10 _,u .. J

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07:8 O..IWiano-1 -·~, .. _ .. &aol_

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!looh ot.&-11 h II .U.IUoe lo orien olno4F pl- -u. .. M -net.t.b' Q,IOO,OOO , OOO .

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lfy dear l!r . Pre~ident :

Sir\';e.lter Layton b.u urnentedme thiG.:1orning Tlith theenclosedata te~:~ent"\.,.hiehshous that the

~~~!~~o;!£~. t~r~:;;~, $~~;h~:000Th:0~~~c~~e~ta:fe these orders will r equire e.n es tlrna.ted oapit&l in-

~=;~~~; ~rc;~OO~lc&~OO&~e~~intnn!dafn~~~c!~~!nee t:~so:;:ooo . g.3a~•ng of the contract$ llhieb. lla)' aJ:IOunt

le.Lladvhedtll.atall of these ito;:~s contained in the h•o billion dollar total have been approved in prineipleby thelin tionalDefe:~seCommittee andwith the eoncurrence of the Army or the Navy.

to me!~ ~~&~~=Yu!~~s~ri}i!:ul~~ ~!~Le~;:~~n~v!~d~ the weekend if it 11'&1'e not for the fact that you e.re leavine; l.:onday. IqucstiontheT:hdomofletting thi s

utt~~ ~::fa1~~~= :~r a £~1ml~:t::t~~~l:/e~~h~~f~~a· ~;;~~i~t?it t~e~·s:~h . thi• pi'oblem wi th 1:1e, I wo~d

• ThePI'eddent,

The \ihito House.

•• 0720 TREASURY DEPARTMENT

Appended are auJIDIIU'J' tablu or ett1118.tet o{ Y&rloua catagorlu or the r ord l?' eltoh&nge aua t a or Grt~ a t BrltaJ.n.

1'here1Boon&1derabled11'terenee otoplnlon aa to whleh o a t egorlu of foNl gn exchange aneta &Yal~ble toGreatBrltainwauldbeaul tabletortlnanel ng pur-

~~~~=~=~~tl o~~o~n~~!4 .:!:~:·~re ~\~':~~~~~ ~1~~~ next year or are tobeheld u oollater a l aga1netloana .

There 11 aho oonllde rable dltterenee ot oplnlon alto the l1qu1<1a Uon andoollate ral Yalue of the Tarloua ea ter;o rheor uee ta , The tol lowlng l1 et of aue tl orug­geats t he poulb111 tlea of d l trer1ng oplnlon ae tothe a,pprop r lateanewertotne q_untlon: HowatUchforelgn J exchange 08.11 Great Brlt&ln 1110b1ll~e to t1nanee llllporut

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1 . Goldownt'dbyGrelltBrltal n .

3 · Anlerl eanaecurlthahe ldbythe Brlt1ah,

4 . Direct lnve staenta ln the Unite d Btatee ownedby t~ Brltleh ,

5 , Seeurltlee otLatln Amerloa, Atrloa , Far Eut, e to . held by the Brltleh ,

6 , Seeurltle•anddl N!otlnveatmentt :~~~r~!.~he Brltl eh ln Empire

7 . Slmllar eategorlea ot anet • owned bytheotherE:ilplre countrl es ..

15 , Slllll laroategorl e eotane taowned by na tions collaborating wlth the Brl tl eh -- Netherlands , Belglo.u1 , Poland, and Gree e e -- aaub a t a ntlal portlonotwhleharesub j eottothe de t aotooontr<>lot theBrltleh.

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(See t.abluat.tt.ched tor dat.a llean4re,.,rl<e)

(In •Ul1one)

Eet11L.'lt.d dollar pe.)'llente . .. , .. li:e t1•te<l. dollar recllph ..

Poss i ble dollarre eo\lro1Ba1'allabh toGr<~il.tBrlteln

InUnHed.Statu

Dollarbo!lunoea , otflcl al .. tlOO Dollarbalanou,prlnta ..... 290

(Brltllh aqtheaeb&lancu araneoauar1 tolltll ntal n)

:B:~ :~~~:!t~~:~~~,.:~~! nlu aJ . ~ (EitiiiUedllQ.IIldatlonvalue) $1,11)5

011tel deUnlhdBtetaa

~!~J~~~;t_ ~~~~~~- ~~~~~ - ~~- ~ ~- ~~~- ____!2Q

Total dollar reoouro~e a ve1leble 1t J.l l gold 11 11114

endal lA!Iftrlcan aeoll rltlee e re eol4an4 1nuet -

....,tel1Q.u1date4... J?.o.lli

Ot~hS~:E~i(i~~~:}et~ .. ::t:~t,'~~l!:ble

GN!etBrltelntordgn l nvut.,. n tother th&n l n

Unlted8tatu(Value4et$16, 000 •1lllon)

et tl:oated eollatenl vnl.ue . ..... . ... .. .... $6,000

Brltillh bptre oo\lnt r ite retcurce• lri U.s.... l, OIIo Br1tl.ti.Emplr eoollntrle e outet4eor u .s .... .-!..1QQ_

AnetllntheUn1te4Statae otcollntr1ee e ll1e4rtthGree t Br1taln, .. ,,,. ~

"·"" lreU~>I'J Deparh.en t, DhillOn o f ltOnah.i')' Reuarau, GOV . 28, 19110.

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III.L1llUry'l'abllt-Un1t •4nngdCIIIOoldan4Dolla r Exchange ~netl , !lol'Mber 1940

~~i~=~~--N~~:· l~~,l~t? : : .. Aaerlcanl!!cuntlu

(In•UUont)

0 t6oo y

100 290gj

Brltleh u U ma t ed ll!lrht 'l'due - No'l', 15, 19'1-0 •.

C~J~. D!C:i"S95o o~1~~jc• .. u .. a ted

..............• 2,050

11 rMi~:~Ef:1

~~~:!;i!:~~:!~!!~:i~:i~;~i::~~~:E:~H!'d ot the Brltl ah Dlylre . 'll'e ut1 .. ta a reduction ot ll00 111lUon t lneethe n.

'l'hltllrH111h anert that l600m1111on ot go1d11 the lll1nl.­mu,....,oo.~ntneceuarrtortheeondo.~ct ot thelr1nternat1onal

buune uand torthurnecuu.rrmcnet al')' r enrvu.

i_/Br1thhltuthor1tlea at ated lnJul)' t l\at t!l.elr prlnhdollar be.lanceaweraraducedto••1nl.•UIIneceual')'tocerl')'onbue1-na n and that then bal.ltncu 1011ra not el'allabletollelt t their t orel gn axchange r equlrernent e .

} / 'l'hl t tl gurt h derl'l'ed rroa ellr1U eh n tlu te ot .. rket l'alue

r~.~~ t~~-:~~1~~~::c~ t!:~.:· ott ,.;~ric~' ,!g~itt~i e1 nceJune30, 191W,endmcwe.,ent aot atocll:pr1cuaemealura4

b)'thalltandardStaU at1e e indexot pr1cet otli20 etocll:e.

!reuul')' Depart, t nt, Dirt don of llone[a r)' Rnearch , Nol' . 27, 1§11.0.

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Sva~~&rtTal>h - Forei gn Innatllenhof Unlted ][11\gdo•

OUtdde the United Stahl!/

Brltleh tapir.: Canada . ... Ooeanta • .....................

~~~!!~~i~~:. ~~ ~odea1a •...

Non-Bi:!!!:h_.!:~~~: •. ..

Europe . ......... . China a nd J apan •.. .. .. ....... .

Netherlanda£aat l nd1ea •. . .

Phll1ppi nu •.. Ott..r •. .

l :~ 1, ~6g

J6 Sl6,oooy

We eatlll&tetheae in,.eetaoentetoha,.eaoollateral

"alue of$4toJSbillion .

!J Theae fl t.urea a r e t..aed on eatUiatea of Sir Robert ·

X1nderele7 , a well- kno•n8r1tlahauthority. Hl aetU -

:;t::0~:~~CI t~;:!, h~~1~~;/or J3~:t.:~, ~!~:";:!~on

ll&de ..-her eYer addi tional infol'!lntlon baa been aYailabl e .

E~~ru~~~fni:~it:i~1:::~:~:rJ.~~::~=~~~ . ~~~~!~ the United Statu h nuw being ~~~ade i n thll

YTlle pou l ble t~~a rglnof e rror 11 eeveral billion dollara.

Treaaury bip1r£ien£, bhidon of iiOne t a ry Rnearoh. Novellber27, 19110 •

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S~rr '!'able - Aueh ln the Unlhd ltatee otBrHllhE~!~plreOol.lnt rleaOtherthantruo

Un1tdK1na:doa, Nonab.rl94o

( l nllilllonl)

orttelalDOlbrBal.anoae

...... .... • ':6

. '"' American Beo\U"ltht

g~~·--t:!~!.~!~d~~~:.·~:~·Jr. · l~~~:: ~ D1reotinwut-ente 1nU,8,

.............................. tl ,005

lt1n1.,a Uquld&Uon 'l'&lue... _.5QQ.

Total - Eeu-ted Uqulda uon 'l'alue- ot allat111ta . tl ,OIIo

<or .mtoh, g~:;:~· -· ::.:: :::: :::: 'ml • oe~rQI.entorco .. l'<:lentt•tna4Justed1'ornetnlea,

(lU.rket'l'aluetoroo..anandpe.rYaluetoroUleruaurl­tln,)

fnuury bip&rEienE, biiition of iOnetiry !tinarch, Nona'Der27, 194<>.

•

0726

1"-1'7 '!able - AntU ot Sr1U-'> ~ln Colllltrln {Other than Un1te4 nn&do.) Held OU.hlh tile Unn ed lt&tu

lept•berJO, 1940

(Inlll1111ont )

'll

'"'

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... . ........ · •·· IQ2

tl,JOO

J/On Apr UJO, 1~0 . the0entralBallltotAu8tral1a held 15 llllllon or gold. 1'1!.11 t o the latut ttg­ure n a.llable ,

Y ~:! !a,1~~n.r.~.~~~:Sr!~.:~ ~~~ ControlSoa"'-• Onth&tde.Uthe Sankotca,.~ held t21211111Hon or gold.

fl"ffu llrY bepartiilent, btrtl1on otl!<>netarr Rinard!. HOY . 2],1§1l0 .

•

•

0727

5~~.¥.ary Table- Alutl ln ~he United !IU.tu of Govem::entl A!Ued "lth t ht Unltt4 Y.tngl1c.lll , Novuber 194o

!l214 - No .. . 20 , 1;)4o

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(Inrdlllonl)

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01 , 150

lfo\8 ofSeotember<!5 , 194o. InNtr.Yor;..i'c.:leralRuer-veDlnrlct only,

f r euury Dtpt~rUent, Dlvl~lon or ~cn et11 r7 Reuareh, !lev . 28 , 1§'40

on a

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100,000,000 15,000,000

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• tho"U,5.- In>oOI"dnall<loPI'Itll r.ll0 4ooo 110tlaol104o"" 4lt1o&al ·lt-o oUllloloo!o,...loted.

\&MU th o 10 f)lolol on J.""T Plan. Dttlh.WAi.i;.l;;~. /b. O

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Dece~be1• 17, 1940

At lunch with the President , I !~;~un~ bilr In e. very

~~~h:r:~t ~::{ ~~~d~a~~ i:!~· ~~·:·:i~~i . ·~:P~:~r th:~u~. !,!d teken wlth hi• fr0111. Wuh1nr. t on.

the fi~~~ i~i:!dh~\!:~:d ~~t:~k ':' w!!o:t;;~h!~1t~: ~~=~ i sh htdasked~ foraloe.n . I thl.nkhew&&t tinybltdl.s·

h!e::~a .n t~ 1;~~~ 1 1h~~ 1~o~~~ ~~! ~~l)t:• ~ ~~; ;b~~~ ~~~ough , ~i~dF~!d:rf~~~~ ~~1li~h:. ci:si1 ~~Gh~ ' r~~:~> t~o~~~.~~~~~~jige .

The President then said, •r hue been th.ln kln~;t very hud on thh trip •bout what we should do J'o r England , 1nd It seems tGte that the thin; to d~;~ Ia to ge t away Croll • do l ·

· !rd~a:~: 0~·1::~: : :~aa~n~~t~k"~h!\L~:. t~: i:11~ ~: !:,1'111· that we will me.nufacture what "II n~ed , ani the first thlng we nlll Oo i s to l.ncruse our productivity , and then we will

i~~ u~~i~~&~~~1td''o'~~~l=~~~ :~~! :;l~:i ~~~~:~:;~~::i l! .~:i~rn ~: . y:i~.;: {~u k~~~ ~:t~:ke t~p uro;~~h=h~~· r~:t:~i:~. :-n~ pay He uked , "What do ;rou think of l.t'l• J aa~d , •t thi nk It

~=a~t ~·:~ul~e: y~t : ;,.t ! sa:1:: • 1; 1~/t~:!~~"b~{~ ~nk l.two1.1ldbei".Uch'tetterforyoutobeinthe-oos1tionthtt

b~i t:~e si~~!:t~~~\~~f~~ip C~~~\:hip ~~:~e~t.~h~e~~~e 1 ~r o!~~ , end have t he Congrn~ say th e.t you are too to1.1gh , end U.J' , ' \'!ell , let ' agl.ve H t o them,' thllll to have the reverse true e.nd have Congreu u y you are to~;~ easy.ft

Clnt.ll~·~! · a:id~~~~~~~~~fd ~~~t t~iJ'i~ in~~:r~h ~t:~:ment like thi s at~ press co~Cerefice th~s lfterrwon'1" I u.l.d , •nne. Thesooner thebetter beeausethepeopleare u itl.!ll; for you to show them the W&J< . "

•

•

0741

I then tried to ~bow the Pneldent these vtrious etste­n:ents on the asuh of England , but he didn ' t want to look at them. He asked , "Wbat about thh Hst tb a t the English Wtnt?"and i ah owedhbnProgrllDelan<l2and3, and i told hl.mthatProgr ll!Jl8land2havebeenclu.redbytheArn;y and !levy. He u.id , "Go "head snd fini sh the du.l. ~ The Pre sident said , "I don ' t think if t he En~;ll sh are sm•r t

i~~~ t~:t~t~!"~.:~~~~ · !;O~ i~!n~O~~;t t~h~iy"~~~ n~e a~~e wn~i-hold beck Wltll we shon our hand , end show them how they

~;~:~H:! . ~:;:~!; t~~:~~:iHr!~i ~~¥~Ht~:!~ =::r~:· ~:~:h:hla isabMlutelyamazlng . )

-~ ~~iao~~~i!! 8 ~:i~tr~t.:::c:~~~: .. ~!~~0 ~:~;;~:t~: ~~1~~;r:~Lg t hellneofGeneralYjood .

Ithenhadar.~tnuteortwotote1l thePreaident about my idee. of having Bll of ex1ort control rlo11 through t he Treuury and the Cu• t oma !louses , and If the exporter wanted

~h!\~::~~~0~o~!! , ~~~~~r~~r w~~i~h~~~n!!:~ ' a{i ~1~1~u~~n!~~ough f K~:~~ · of I t~!~~r~~\~e~~ ~~~ ;~:~: .. :~~!~~~:,.a ofo~!;~:~ ~ om·

P;!!ide~rit~!?t~~\~!!~onal DefeMe Co::uni u ion . The

(I r:~et l.:eReynolds ouh i de r~ door who , for the firs t tir:~e , tolilme thatStettinius, and I think he add r ehon, sent a 1~emo to the President to re~d on his trip , ~Ullllb

:~i~ {~~~~f~e f~~~;e~~~c!h~~~!:~ 1~ ~~o!~:~i a~~R~~~i~:s -./ h that I "•nt to give the President a l'lnl shed nroduct

andtheywanthlmtoappolnt aco=ittce t ostudjlt . )

•

Oi42 ~ee::lbtr19 , 1940

I toldthePreslclentthettheyonnttoplaceanorde r for 60 ehl.pe , and I add that they nre not the ahl.pewhich

~~~:~,t~:d ,!tt P~N! :d~~!.:a~~e~~~t;~·~~: !~iy ri;ht~nll i~ta Capta in Callahan to lell E:nory Lsnd that three daya agn . •

~~:n:~e;~~:~~~n~~::;; !;J~cl~:;: ~~:~i~~t·ttE~. t!:=:~ftb

·Di~ 3

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•

•

• Oi!ce l!lber19 , 1940

t.tl0 :4Sa . m., Steve tarlyclllled!ill.Jr, and the following h the Secretary ' s end of the eonversetlon :

~Hello.

"Yes , because it is qme for me to tdk to ro;y press conference .

"Good .

"Pleue .

"il'ell , here ' s whatthePresldenttold.ue , Heevldently had 3een 30me story in the TrlbWie , which I haven ' t seen, whe r e i saiditwe.sokayto goaheadwithit .

• "Cs.nanybody hearll!hatyouand!ss.y'l

"Well , thi s i s the story . At lWich - let ' s see , todeyhThursday . AtlWichTuesday t he Pres ident did t ell

~r~!; ~::~~ c;~; ;;!!~~~h hi: wf~ ti~l~~~ ~~:~~~~~~r~~: ~: i~~~?' OOJ come erOWid e.t 5:00, a t which time I tolO him the PreBident said that ine.suuch as this had been cle~red by Amy and l!avy

s~~ ~~!~~~!!kD:~~~:e ~H~~e~a~h~u~~ ~~?~herd t~~~ h~:c~h!~· it 'II' RS up to him to fi gure it out . I told him t o ~;l\'e me

~~e .. ~~Uo)~~~ ~~r~i~~e • t~!;~ oft t~he t~;:~s o}n t~~e l~~~e:re 60 ships . llo~· thi s morninr, the President jur.ms r.e nnd asks r.~e 'll'ha t he i a eolng to do, what can he tell the lce.ders . He said that they ' re going to e.ak why he went ahead r1ithout the sanction of Congress . I told him th8t I am the fellow

~~~~~~:: th~r!o h:~~~?~ ~~:n H;~l o~d:r thi!c~ ::c~~d 9 ~So:erfect Thenibroughtupthese' 60shlpsanahess.idthattheycan

f~1i~e~~ ~~!h t~hd~' i~~t ~e:S!~~ ~~:!:~y~Un~~~l t~0~~~i~g !~:y~on~~!cih:re~ {h~o~~oi: :~~r;:gh~:~d a~:e;~uh~~~n~3

to t ell them 30 ,YOU and I will say the SB.r.le thing?

- 2 -C745

"Fvtureordera?

"That ' s Ill rl&}lt .

"Jio order. hne been placed since he hu come ba~k ao

thetgeh ••11.1 fro:11 the tl11lng. HO'II h that?

"That' a ell right .

"h that what you"'' ~;dng to I&J' ~cause you end I

ougbttoaa,ythea~~Mthin;?

"He u.id to 1;0 ahudwl.th the 60 ahipa beeaun they

have theliloneyhcrellarlced for that · tba.t ' aeub .

"llo , thet ' a for cash . rhey 'r-ego lng t o pay dl cub .

Andthat ' atheonly thlngthatla goinr, tobedonenow. Tell

them the u.me thing .

the Pre:·ld!~ t !~~'be:~~ · 6~~~~~r;~: ~~!1r:~:!1:h ~~:;~in~ to be aare u Hell at ~::e . I think that $3,000, 000 ,000 3tory

CIJIItfro!ll.the:n.

"Tbat'e right . Then we ' ll be togethe r.

(_

07~5

AtC..l>1nett!>IP.-.e14entM1dthlttheEngl1eh eoul4pl&Qeorodereroroenyth1n,gthlywante4ltthey u14theyhlldthtloOntytopaJtar1t.

Oi 47

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•

•

,

0748

Dece,.b&r23 , 1940

The o:nly condition tbe Pruldent l:lll.de -• thnthewentlthesoUln•un4 . Itoldhllllthat I thought tll e 'l'r.,.. aury bad a l'und tor tha t ~urpo .. , but i t we 414 not , I would lndst tha t the Englilb i~ ~un thh gold with Lloyd• and th&t they paf tor

,,,

• 074 '1

r

"'""' 110 ,.. 0751

Hull eusseated 01 Ambaas11.dor t o En8lnnd Cox of Ohio

or Owen D. 'iOWl!l and the Pruident turn&d him down •

...

•

0753

MIHQfl'!tpny

'!be Pnol~'""' -no17 .,.lc- \M proopeot

otr.eeh'ln.ct.lleot.&t-nt orourrO<JulU .. nUof

, .. pono hnlopeod. '011.11.• I •U 111. Loa4onond u~N

t.ll.ot U .--eh 11111. """" · &rlolnc out ot lnollc~UO!U

U..t the ~ollor ••.ll>• of t.llou ...W.<l bot l&r(er U...n

UP4<0tM , pertlapooftheor4.er ot$H , OOO, OOO , OOO

(~thlo•u-rely•I""U ot tht ooto~e)<!l oc.,.•lon

orooe,..tl>et1l>"olleilolotlon111!1chollo\lldbot4ntU.t

(o) Approprt..tiooprocedw-eo.rwl

(b) Procedure lnconnection•lt.llloo.nl·:J theU. S. otweapono toth•U. II: . , ltll.loat­IDI•••o\lldbothelp!'Ullnco'.nectiOil wU .. ~ (b)

Kl•l4 .. l •th&t t L•hrlsl&tlonohouldfoll.,.

thellneoofhlolo otnllht' oopeechllhereb)'the..,.J)Ono

ortholrO<JulY&lentwould , lnh• co"""" •N•et"""""'

'!bla•ut.ll•onl7lo,lc-.lllnootott.o.ck. tt

wouldbe l lllp<>OOnlo toput of00ney¥aluo lna<lvanc• to

Col\lruo o nee tile ~e<tolon u to the HIJ)ODI octUO.llf to

boooh.1~ped.toor .. tBl'1U.ln•oul4onlybotully-.lt

Uo!notancedthree eUllpleouopplledtoth•

oueofoJ•anU-.e.lrcro1'ti\IDifhlciiiO!.Ihtbeooloo.ned•

(a) trt.llef'#l.hodbooenlnot.allNotopolnt wbore

Hwaotoundotter the•or U ounh.o.<l-...n

fOOreorlonM(ll i lbt. , ncoptporhlp• tor

practlcepurpo•e•, Ucoul.dbereturn.<l lJit .. ct.

{b) tr Ul.ef'#l.bd.beenusecl tothepolnte!l•ren­

rlflln• • oon•ouoarr , GreatBrltaln..,ul<l

r apl autltewornborrelbe!oreraturnln( lt .

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(c) lt the filii bad -ft d-U.tled or ~ored """"petrabla l\1 ooq.UY&lan~ 'IOul~ bo .. h.,.,...s

'o:I'CrNtlr ltal.n,NJIIl!Jr.l.>lfiYO,....rl.

'!hepoi>l\w&I-O\N.ti>I""'"""Oc""iAC

un~ar (c) eato10r1 abora opplled tor Uu\o.,,oa 1.0 a rtt~>tu oo roplo,. , 1ont ooJlntl>a oprlnlof1941, on<lohioh •o

rop1oo.-!ooJ1n194) , apl"""or ~a l94)bnndiJOu1di>O upectedlnroturn . ltl94)tJpeo uraiOOrooq~enoln

pl.,..oUI&l>l.ha l94ltYIHI • 4Utoranou•ouldbO""'ua-lJ>

~·(:~~~~~:.::::-~ flYonllllllortbol<>U>lOil•latlOAP•~""""oralUJ.ted I.OthOoaablch .. rouoorultothoU,S. toracolnbock.

!11.1o , tboProo1dontpotn-OLt, put ap .. al,.upO!>tbll

uUblU-nt of .ut\1&117 ~oupUbh dooiCM or tha urlouo

u to tho p<> .. l~llltlu or an lntorJ.ot. HO<inC or

l.ha •lt,.UO<liHindinfCon.c .. nlonaloctl"" • thoPraolhnt

"14 procrouallllti>O poOolblolrJ tboutll1oat1ono!

unupondede<~~>traot"'"lba.lai>OUanollhothroucb~ ·F •c . f'ur>do , 41Hadortoionqa;proprUtl<><>blllCouldi>OpUtthPou,cl>

1 Concruota1rlJ' quleJtly\IU.tiJOulolb01Wtedlnltoap~lloat-

ont.ha oubjoctot oMrotl>o Pru!dontoaldo.D

oUocUlonof$)6 , 000,000ho.4blon.odotot.l>oll>rltt.e

Co• l n lonundarhiolnotructlonlnord.uttu<tllr . ltnlldlan

could t• talon&olth t.l>o t>uUdlnf of """"" o.4d!tlonalohlp­

yo rd o, l nv lnt<>IHint.l>aquootlo!lo! oppropr1 ot1oD 0...0

r .,._.Uredi.OI'f'J!Or t.h• oubOoquontou\puto!t.huo yard& .

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Inaddl.tlon tothh~~euorltldum whl.eh Pur'f\t

t'~~: !~~ ~:~.~!1 a~~~::t;~fe~~~r!t: :~d!~~ent , mentlon ,

One , the Pr esident ~aldthatGonrnorCozand

~·[~i.!~~~~t·~h:~·;, '":~:;~n~h~ nk' .!i~·~r·~~n end he wu thtn!clng aou of foM:>e r Gonmor Wln&nt because he thou~ht Mt hbor connee tto~ nre auchthatitwouldbehelp!ulin EnrlMd .

U'hr Punts left I tela the President th..t

nnh:t~:ni~~~~~ri~l ~~;t~:~ ... :~o!:~t leo~~ and ahould hllt to dther Su Luhon or Colonel Knox .

~m:~r!~~int ~d!~i: .b~:~ h~C:t~~01m!!~:· ~~ol!~~~~b!~~1t~~:. h;: ~~r:~~t~. ~!t~~~~;~t ~~~;~~.:~r ~~~d":h:;t~:n .. :~~~ i'l~:~:~ t:w:hl~k !~' eo~~:ebody to und onr th&t could be bslpfo.~l on

~1~H:rt~~:~~!~t;H:~~:~!; ~ifl~i;: han therefor e •rl.thn a le~ttl' augge.st!ng that be

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~:~:k ~~~ .~~:?b~1~!~e:,!fu~0~~"j,, b=~~~!inlJ would do anJtOte1&ltrranda that t 11\ght han .

~~~::r~~~·~;r~::~ir£·}:~~!J:::~:;~::nt hlled to 11ention the fact that "tat ~he !' r uident had told Knudsen hat SaturdllJ' " u togo ahnd tnd b111ld 200 1hlp1 at I COl t of lpprOdltlltfllJ 30Q.,Ill!ondolhra , thue tblps to be then\.D.e •nd ten knot clan; aho, that the Prnidant

~~;~ta!~·~~:r!;:;~~:!~·~:b:~b{~mJ~~~! ... ;~:~~fti::i;:~i!I!t~~::!:~h~~:~~::~!~'~!r:':ol~ Pur•laukedthe Pruldentwhathe,thePruldent , proposed to ~o duri ng t~ Interim oerlod , 11111anln, ..

~:mp~::\:;:!~1 h!~.~~:: ~~. 1:ft:~·~~:~tir~ii;: He gue l'urYis no aath flctoryanewer .

1tter lu.Yhw, I told Pur,it it wu unto the bo orustoue whethern couldn'tworkoutsoJM ny whereby they could get thue orderasta.rhd JO!IIehoworother .

l"ur1'is &he t&Utd to ooentlon \n hh 1111morandum. •hen he uked tile Prnidentwlth•hoalhouldhe work . The Prealdtnt~rdly let ?url'is uk the queetlonJndbean•opedbJck,ahclrlngthathl

:::UU ~r~b!tfJ:r~~:r~:~,t~~1 b~f1 ~b. t~!.~ry. Tnotberword, , bedl.dn 't •topto wtlghtbe mltter , but h~ had H nry defi nltdy l. n bll alnd.

JJ'ter Pur1'11 left, I gne the J'todidtnt a III!!IIOr o.ttdUIIonfree:ing~d•,etd,andhe

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said, •'ftell , thl~ h • •ucy a!Ullllllthr

compared to the other thing that •• ar e hlkln:t

about . " I told bla, "V:ell , what &bout the

Budget?" Llldhe nld. he would talte care of the

~~g~~~-~~!r n:re~~~~~~:;.i :.~~~,hi: :!~t:::.

I dao told tht Pruldent that Hull was •111\ng

;:~~: ~i!!:'~~:!E~i :i ~~:H~:r~~r::~~~:~;::~.::: t quite tnthuslutic aboutthe nrogrmwhenl

~K1C~:~. t~~1;o!~bt.~~ c~~i!.lx:;~;lc;~land

One or thalm;~orhnt things that P\lrvls lett

outwuthatthe Presldentaald, "I han got

aomethlngv! r:r huah- hushtohll you. twant

thrn or four ~:~Ill ion dolhn fro:a 70u . ~ It ueu

there Is some Adllllral.,hoae name I c&n't n::~ember ,

who no•lhes In l.'alne and who used to be the

.~:~~~. 0~r::r~!n~:~·~~:::;., ~ho Hf:d:h:u;~~gi!t~~~t ' !~'ftt:~: ;:to~d}l~?a!~=~~" t~d~~·t~~~ !~top Admiral sugi':u ted that thayput on thil nmollded

alrcratt carrie r autoe7roa , that theu autogyros

~h:1~o~!o;O:~~·~~!ia 0~!r~; ::.!'!r •:;~~:~~~o!h:n

•atching!or aubm&rlnu.

The President uid, •t don 't kno~; whetherltaould

work, but It Ia ne11end hun't been tried, and 1t

iaegoodidn.. " lieaald , "lalaowe.ntonthla

!~t~b\~e:~~~!~in:n~b:~nt~:nr: ~al~l:, ·~ h~!~'• e.nd Clll take o!f Ina nryahort distance . • He

nid, "\','ewouldllkeyoutobu!ldoneandequlp

lt with thue olanea and the United States

Government wUl equip one •nd we •Ill e:tJ'Ierlll'll'lnt

:~~~n:~rs Th:~ r:u d~~inf~~l; !.:~~h ~~~;i~: . ~hi 1

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~::ll·~!·::r~:~~r:;~::::~~~·iC~ ~:· ~~la l!g~~!tt:~~:"~!·~.!h!e T~:!u~?;.~o .~:~r~, t~!aii;r

;E:bi~1i:!i~t~i!~::r~~~~~r~:!! r~ftrtd ,~, authortfr to allocate as many of thue combtnd

\ · ~1:~· I~ ~~h=:.g!~ra:: h:c~:::~t '!.!~·~s·:J1li!!~ ~~i~!~~d~ ~~

0~!;~ t~~~!!~u~~'i!'fn.~I~~~;:~~;,,a , h~n 1 1~0io t~.,;~~~~~:;~~:! ;;;~ ~~:t,~,d~~ ~~t!a to 15milliondoller••or thoflllllnitions,"andthat

~~~lU!~a s:to!~a t;: ~:r!i~:~~rc!1: :~!!t~~d or

~~ ~~~:1i~~~~: ~:t cr~!u~:\!~ 1 m:~~h~ri ~ !t 1i~uld

" Buthelsdetln\telycountlngonthe'!'reas\11"1

'7 ~d d~1 t~:rf~~{!~~~~~~c~t I t!ot~,r~~~~?!~!ckight , form .

~: :~~~ t!~:~o t~. ~~~~!0 !o~~.:t rro~11 v!~~o~:"r:~:rgn

ourchuln3!!1lul ona.

The President liU In & nq good hu=or and Ul!llld

~~m';~i~1 v~~~~~~r"'lft!~r .ii,o~ . nr:~~;l !erin~~i: hlttwhat to U;!' betwnn 11 andh:~ and then he

had frOlll. 12 to l to think It onr .

tuybewronl'!,butforthefirsttlllllli jut t

E;~t! iH:~! !~it~t~1>:!n~~ilF~~~:!\~~e ~~t t:n b:~~ n:~~ o~0 a rlf~bt .. ~~~t ~~~e 1:t: h:~~~~!t~~1

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Bn•erbrook uttlngupllorrll l\'llaonu a upal'&te air ahdon, u their tht\onerf thowa , llfld that I 111tntlNl7 r uponalbh !or holcllng hh Jo~ togath.r !or hh1 on thh dda of tbe water; but u I aq , what I n~ lnttrutad lnlaanlngthatthaJgettheaidthattllltJ ~~!is~a~h!~:ar:: ::e will tellwhau .. r

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dinner , t.;:! P~~!tJ.~~G::~r t~1:! • .!!o!!• t:1i:b~:~•:I at

:::! ~: !:U.~o~~ !:~~tt!:\!Jd1!t!!'h~·:~ll~i~~~i!:~.

~:1!;:::! :~;:;:! · ~:L :~H ~Li!i::~l~:h!~~.i~~~:: · hut ghe thee tblrtJ- thrn pluet."

Itlte'lldenttbtttbePreaidtnttoldtheGruk

~l~!!~:~a b~h:~u~~~ bp;:,i!!!{ ~~:~: ~:!·:~1 o{h!h}~!{; llthouchlltJbehebnbeen"eggedon"tr,.SUIIDer'li'elln. Whtre •• are going to get the t h:tJ ph..1111 !rem I don ' t .. ~ .

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When I told the Pruld.nt that I •n nkill& tbeSi:Ctoorganiu!or .. theYarioutinnst.ent

~~~·~;t~!h a~:~~p~::!~:.~~:'t, t~ti o::;r:t !: !fi:t!' o!!o;f!! !~1::• t! t:: !!:;• g~:! ~-:lndtd Brltilhtht rlghttobqthtn becltatefiud prloa •

J'.nuar72 , 1941

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~~~~:~:~t th~~ !~~~} ' ":~t I t~ a~!~t;~u '"t!l:o!,,. '"· vou should he.ve sent him the Rerubllc!n Platforr:t , dimi nlltln,. t he JlO..-er to devdue.te an~ e limln,.tlnt p:reenhch .

Y'ouH that do the t rick~

Sure , that is what carded It out.

Som<~body nid ttXlay th o.t if you want to get the Federal Reserve memorandum, dl you hne to oio is r eadA.ldrlch' aapeeeh\ n Bostonon Deeemberl2 , thatevuythinp:there i e thereucept the gold eo\n ,

(l!r . Kllhn , ~r . Young , and Mr . White ent ered theeonfer enee . )

1':ell,now, Ed , le t' a ju5td\etate tomydi. &ry .

~~~t a:" t:~e J~n~g l'!:~iuiio~~~~~1!\ 11°;~~~en tl al.

~~e 4 ~~Q~"~~? t!~~ ~~ · ,,.n~"h;.!"t'h!hfo~l~!t~:nt utters:

Firat , the a."\eMment of the joint resolution extendln~ miltt&17 aid to South Amerio!UI Reo11blie ~

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paned June , l 940, to enlarge thoupunra to

~:~=~~: l:t:n:t ~~dt':"a;~:~:."~~~~;:: u~r::a States . TM "resident read the rroTJOsed bll l

h:c!!~t ~lo~~~tion , uk\.ny a few questlons u

Secrehryl'orgenthllu uol&ined that the bil l

~~~ ~~:~"~~n:~~ ~v:~d b~~~:a~~s P~~t~:n,~o with it .

TheSec retaryalsoatatedthattheb!.llhsd

~:~~lr:~~~~! I ;:!·~~~!:~;:~ir ~g~~:~~~:" UcCloy, .and Colonel Quentln . The President esldthetthedrdte.rriedo\llthemattera

~~a!a~1 t~~~h~::'bv ufh;n d ~~!e~!!!~'~f t~~~y ' J!~ut

r~~~t~~ .. d~~ !~·;~~~~~1 f~o:'ku:~t.~ut~t~ y;~~ob~i:r. thoae natul'al resoureu and COlll..1IO~I.tlea !ram

~~~;::~~~i~ .i~ n~~r:~i:::~l:: ;!!:~~~:~~!~er unaer the oro~oM!d bill and the action he lin

tak \n"'lllt ththeccuntriesnamed .

~:~:"b!1 :!ttu;o~;t~~e 0~}c t~h~e~rl\:u1~'"t~d!~ffY a nriv11.te eo!l!fii\Y like 'Jer.eul Eleetrle rro!l! }:~s e~:;,~~!~n~o t~~=a~h;r~:!~ n~r H~ii!~l .~y~n~~i be able to make t he au:e International hw coint , t'l&t he 'ould h i n a tlOSl.tlon to ~o lt we aete~ dl r eetly with Great Prltaln In 11111.kln"' diesel enrines ns.iltble to that country.

~:t "r~!~d~h~u:~~~~r ~~~~!i:~ . llo~~~n~~i~1 a;~,~~!;?

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out that ths phn r.ou ld i nvolve areneal of the Johnson Act , si nc e r.enerd F.lectrlc 1\'ouH he nten~\ n.- cr ecllt to r.reat er ttdn .

Just let !'1'.11 \nterrunt you a ;:,.!.nute , e.nd JlO!nt r.ut tht.t when :you :llllde - when Foley lllf.~e thl. s

:::'"~~!i~i ' a·~~~ t~~~~h~~ ~~~: 1 t r: I !o~~:r:~r~~~ent butwhen oleyro!.ntedoutthatwea·ouldhave tochan .. e the Johnson Act , ;you could ue that hi.' thou~hh turned a somersault . He was orett7 well set on a corooratlon \duuoto the time he 1JO!nte~ out the Johnson .l.ct .

Foleyalsotold t hePr eslden t of5eeretarvHull ' e ~hle111ent when he aocear td befor e the Panki n;:: and Currency ~om..."llttea l.n connection r.lth the tropoaerlutenslonofcred\ttoChtna . Tnans•er to a question from one of the .::ient~ t o r a lr. re~ard

~~ ~:r~~ ~o~:;rr~~,. ~~~~~~~1!~~1 ~~ ~;~~i !:" t~~t e rr~t i wu a contrnent\on of InternAtional law and thereby a•arll.keact ror acountrv tohke action to defend 1helr, then Jal!an eouH say that the ertensiono!eracllt to China us in violation ot inte M!a tl.onal h•.

On the other hand , tbe Secret ary nointed out that lf we hne reaehe~ the noint where we

:~:~~~t l:~:r o~1 !;~~~s!~o:~~~~:t~~~~~!~{•:} rore\"'nnatlone , suehnhnslonsoreredlt should not be me.de . Houve r, he did not think thatweJOere lnthatnos\tionlnourthlnkinz tOlley , and believe~ that no one 'llould say that 'II & were vlolatlnr internatlond law.

The or esiclent uld thd .,eeretary Stiuon•n

~=~~~~~~~na;~~~~b~!da~~~! ~:d~~~ }~~~~i~~nt

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Aftaira Go=ilteea ofthe two house s , si nce

!~~jd ,.~~Ig•~~·~o t~h~s!h~o~~~¥~!!~ !~f'~~l!!~:n m1<de un in a large ps.rt of isohtion \sh .

'' r . Foleytoldthe " r esiclentthatbv strikinr out the first four lines of the bil~ , it "'ould stand as an lnde.,endent -~sure , a nd uncl e r the rule s of the Housew011H be referred to the f'I'Opercom::nlttee .

I~ik P~~ s ~~=~~e~u~;; ~!~~ !~~t v;j~~ii;rf.e ~d~~en thau l!.eCormick, a<;& i n on thl ~ point and brln,. U)'

;!~:do~~! ~~l!U!~~· wh!~~~~t~~\ /~h~~'lJh~~ donebeforethecornorationidu,wueXlllored furthe r . The Pre sid ent uldno , lt sho•Jl d be Cone right away . Tile Pre sident abo u~ed that3ecre t aryMorrenthausecure the lnlti&ls ofHull , Stimson , Knox , Knudaen , .. ndh\mself, to the r>r~nosed Iertd~tion Mi! brinl' i t back to hi m,

r rueas tha.t i a mo•t of it on that.

!.'akeanote thatMr . Foley canhave a copyof thatforhh r ecorda ,uptothi•point .

~~";o~h:!!/ie~0 s~? of1

thi!1 o~~ ~ntht~ei!1~:n ,

{i:t 0~e:~~;n~o~~~ ~·~~!~ c~ ~~~~~~n!e:a:Lfm

about the Ecclu bill , and the Pr esident aald , ~1 -uid, ' you lm011i , Bob , thi s is str ictly betwe en us , Ofcourse, Ihaven ' tsaido.nythin.o:about thb befon , because I 'll"llnted to u.ve Steve !&rly ' s hce ,• " but he says , " ' Ec cle s aho CMLe in llJ\d showedthlsthin,toSteveEarly,' "andhcu.ys , "'Stevenevershor.e\!ittoce . Ihave never 9een lt ,• " andheuys , "Sott got out a! thouOJ:h it

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had the bhnl n'i or the ~.'hl h Rouse, " but I add , ~ 'Bob, Inner !leu seen lt. Of course , t want tD sue Steve ' a face . •• He nld, "\liJ' , thltl t nothtn,.butwhl.t llilnthropUdrlch r.anttd . " He u.ld , "El'erythinc nctpt the - ~ did he ny a f r ee aa rket for .. old~

!i'o, hedldn ' t sa,rafru~rket .

He uld , 'This Ia pr aetlcally nerythlnr that lo\nthrop AlrlrlchwMh,"

Since it would ruult In tncreuln~> tnt11 rest rates.

~~e!a:!~t ··~~:~ !e~1~n t~ngn;.~:~t~:~~;~;d J~ word enry aln,.le th\ntt that I told bbl on that 1110rnin~ , u hll own , but nrb'\tlm. He ul.d - :rou hue got toheb..., out , t II."'- AWfully

B;=~~:;~;~!:{o~:=~rhi:-~:! L!d; ~~~=t !ik · told htJ~~ , which ·us contrary t" hh ~rst l•­nruslon .

Hi1 first lmpreu\on when I talked to himwu that there h no deflation In sight. .. hat M add he told··

tlo i n fh.ti.on~

~ · th: ~i~~~ ti ~:e 1 ~ ~~f~!d t~h~m~e ~~!i ~: ;:}~ ~f'~be~:s ah~:~a t b!0~!a~~·tom~r;:!~~ ·~d ~~:~t be

:::~;e~:d~2 sn! ;.ta. seid~e:~u~ns~reth~~:t~~~ra . llow dowelmowwhetlsll(lln?tO!ItooentDII.orrow" Just the thln~>a that are In thh tllln are tbe

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~:~ ,!e m!;y n::df:ce~11 wi~h~fh~e ali!:~\~~~ and he nys , "As far u inflation Ia concerned , we a~e not r>articularly worried about it." h thet whatheu.ld"

~g~t: d ~~:;e h!e~~d~~}l:~io::~/:;~:~~~~ - in If pe11ce came tomorror1 , he might need the~e powen t "brinr:downprl.ces . Theremirhtbea

~:~~;:~ tln °fh:0~~; i t~~nt~~ c::s mi~h~a~kar~ ' ~~ . ~·here he h&d to ro and find old uowers fi'Om 1917 th~t hadn ' t been used in & lon~ time , it ... auld

~he u~~~~~~"i! 11 deaie .JN:u~~L!~i~n h:~;~ot~~u~~ep therens no defla tion on thehor ir,on, agttlnst

~~~ ~ ~~hi~k" h!h!!n~i~~~ar:~h =~~~ :~~r:t to~ .

~~h~tf~~s!n~o~h:~etr~!f~ : ~~·!1~~ ~~~~!!:~out are~~:oinr,tohavear.~emora.ndw:10nthls for-you very shortly . " I don 't know just "h11.t he hu in mind !or the next move , but he cerhl.nly l~ft no doubt in my mind that he is 100 per cent

t~e~~!~r t~f :~~::rtl~. i t~e d~~~:! say Mythtng

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Foler: Now on the E~ecutive Oraer .

R.M.Jr: Oh yea. Then T shoMd him this cllpntng f r om

i~;t~n~~~:; ~~y~~~ ~~~~~~ z~~~:"~~e~e r~~t;t ne said , "I ~on ' t want you to have your hand forced

~~f~~~ti~u~lh~~dart~ 1 f~~~:~ . {ou S~u~~t s!~d :0"~. ~11 , ~~t~ : t"~uiik~,t~1i ~f h~t~nc~~~: 1 !.n~u!~ 7ts I V. elle~ ," but I sald , ~It is be in~ held by the Dt rectorofthe Budgetllflosayshewon't get

~::~;, ;o "\~;ll~t ~ 1 wHl ~~.,~~e uge~~~r t d:;ici t . " tomorrow , " He said , 'That allpears in l'.'edMsday's paner." i!enys , ''Y.'ednesdayidotheBudgct, "

!~~~~h~!r~la"~t~n t:hh~!~&{~~,n~;:~ · t:n~e he says , Thursday morning &nd I will sign it , that is

r~.~~"!uW~cit;: .P~~~b; t;~s . I" ~iid ~~~£t:· ~~:" t~i~ h~ie t~hH:;~i~ S~r~~,. aJteh!~~Ys: 1·:~N~~ ~~~e::l!hl~htJ ~if Watson that T wan t tt

Then on my interim plan I sa.ld t hat I coul dn ' t

~h! ~ln~"~h~~e~h~:ra;~a~e I 1~£~ . t~~a h!0 t~i~

me what ne w&nted , and I coJldn't e;et it ; and he read it verr , very carefully.

(~.r . '1.,s ton entered the conference , )

And I uid , ' I want StllllliOn and Knox and Knud sen, Jonuand:n,ys elftogethe r , " andheu.iiltotell Watson he would see them on th&.t, I ssid it neededhtssucoort .- And then , just before we left T u.id , Did .. sgner sa;>" ~nythln;: to you

~~~~~h~h~h~in~~~~~;~iH!a~~~;:: .,ftha!! • o:w~h;irst

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duthuntenca,but be ne111 tohklnd of "obt>llnr. on it and 10 don ilap:ner , ~ I u.ld , "I lllllfrald that Juae Jonc8 huheenworklng

on Carter raus . " The Pr nldent didn't uem toputlcu!&rly Hkt 'Jat , but I uld, 'No~~o· ,

~t~h: t:~k h~Ui:~ · eo~!nf:~.,£or ~d d~:t!ai~~tenee "Ahtolutdy. " E8 nld lt nry amphaUcdly.

~ ~~~t elu did 11e do t oday"

f oley: I tMnlc that COUU }t ,

V'hlte : "'u.ite 1 day .

1!,\!,Jr : V.ehadagoodday .

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The Secrehr;, celled the Pre$ldent at 12 :40 p.m. ~O:·f~n~t~,~~HWb}~. !o p!~~ ~~ih!e o:~~~~s!~i:~ :Wahon.

Prnident~:~ {0~ .. ~:\:/:nan~:~r·!~~~ ~~ ~:H !:'thh hgiabtion !or aid to Enghnd~ He bn appro.,ed the dn!t that I ahCI'II~d the Pl'l!ddent yuterd•y with two ~!~~:~~!n~~!~!e:~t:n!h~:o~nh~h: !:~~~~!nl~ with Hull ' a, Stl11aon ' a, Kno:r ' t and 1111 inlthh . At Hull ' • auggution, he and I ue au l ngtheltaderein the SenateandHo~netogethertomorrow . w

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L~t s t night at 7 P. !J . I ~110ke to the. Prceldent on the

telephoM!romthe!nrmtoHydePark .

Isuggestel!.tohi.,thutHull frollnowonouthttotake full .chorge of tho Aid to Democneie~ Btll . Tho President did

not take lilY suggution too '11'1!11. He oni d , "llull 1~ goinr to teetlfy•and I said, •I Jo:r.ow thllt but up to now in tha Treasury

:r~~:; ~3el\:;~~~~ :ng~e e~~~d~o .r~~~i~~~~~~ s}a~!i~~t=if~o~ro pct·foetlywilllnr tocontlnuebut 1 think, &ednp, thut itgocs

before Foreign Affairs, that Hull ou~:ht to do it" . The President

~del he would take 1\. up the flrtt thirtR Tuesday when he go t back .

The important thin[ i s thut I have planted the aeol!. in h i :: :lind .

He cor:~plotned to me that he h&d not had a ~~inuto to himself

alldayandhcwae stuyil'l(: upl:ondr.ywith thehopethnthe could

hue t woorthreehourstoworkonhltlnaugurnlspeech .

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Janua!715,1941

The Pretident told the SeerehrJ on the train Frlda7

:!~h!~f!du~~ ~~h~~~:~'l~o h~h/f!~t t~~u~·~~:rn Glan .-banta. The Prealdant annered that he did not hue aliJ' hellnga about it one way or the other.

in t!u~::n!tt~~~~~ ~~:WI:;r:!d1a:·~~~~!/:~:{h!~ ~=t wou.ld see Carter Glua and get the whole atory •

0779

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liEI.DIWIDUil !'OR THE PRESIDENT

1bert h attached adra!t ot a bill relating

to t he publiC~ debt and the atatua of future Federal

obligation• ! rom the sh.ndpolnt of exemption from

tuatlon, which I propose to reeomnend to Congrau it

it lleth with ;rour appr'Onl.

Thebillentitled•J.alllTo&IHll.dtheS.Ciond

Llbercy Bond J.ct , u amelldtd, and for other purpoau, •

t would accomplish the fo llowill8 objectives :

(a) It would fix the ceiling on the

public debt at $60 ,000, 000,000, an increue

of $11,000,000,000 OTer the present statutory

combined debt litllit of $4.9,000,000,000. The

new liml.t, of couru , would not include

guaranteed obligations i nued b7 the Reoon­

atruotion Fi.n&nee Corporation and ai.JUl&r

agenoln,

(b) Itwouldgh'e t~Seeretar;ro!the

rreuury greater and !lore !lexible e.uthority

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0780 _, _

onr Sninge Bond• u a ttnanci.Dt !lllldi.Uill bT gh'ing him d11oretl.on (l) to !ix their de­

notdn.at iona , (2) to determiM the a~rtgate f&ce M.Ount of tht!ll which rDq be held by one

parson at one tiiiUI, and (3) to inue them on

an internt- bu.rinG u well ae a. dhcount bath•

(c) It 110uld authorize the Secreh.1'7

ot the Tru.aurr to iuue, ill the e&llll =nn•r

u Sninga Bonda a re inued, a new obligation

aimilar to thCI old \'iar SaTing• Certi!icate

called a ~T'reuury S.&viuga Certificate . •

(d) It lfOuld elilldnah the pe.rtition

between the general debt li.mitation or

$45,000,000 ,000 ana the national Detenn

li.r:ritation o! $4 ,000 ,000,000 , a.nd would

l'epe&l that notion o! the Renonue Acto! 1940

-®ieh eaM~B.rkl certain taxes levied under

that Act tor the purpose o! retirl.ng, onr

a fi ve-:rn.r period, &n1 Natl.ona.l Dafenu

obligations iuued under the National De.hnn

debt limitation •

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(e) It Would ro..ou !rom all Federal

obligtr.tlone{inoludingthoseo!corporatioru

andothara.genoino!theGon=nt)h,ued

1.nthetutlll"ethep1'1Tilegeso!excmption

!roliiFederalta.:ntionwhlchtheynO'II'enjoy •

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0766

I.IFmiWlDUU FOR THE PRESIDENT

Then h attachd l bill rehtiDg to the atatut of: ahte aDd mmieipd obligation& !r0:1 the atandpoiut o:l' exemption f r om tuation which I propou to reco~:W~ni to CoDg!'&U it it JUeh with ;your

appr oval,

The purpou of the bill h to proYide the balance ot theleghlationnecuaary to enable ua to complete Olll' progrll!ll of eli::Une.tionot tu-u.eJ:~Pt ncu:ritlu . Tb.h piU"poaewould be accOlllplhhadby:

(a) J.11.k1ns obligationa iuued in the

tuturabyarqState , Terr ito17, municipe.lit,. , or other public body subject to inoome ta:xatiou br the Federal Gonrn~:~ent . To pel'lllit P\4blio bodiea totiiJce adnntagao!!&Toublemarht

condition• , proTiaionhubunmade!o!'tha retundlns of outlta.ndill!) c&llabla bonda with

tax exemption for the aam.e period u the

original iuue ,

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(b) Consent to non--dhca•i.minatorr

tuatlon b7 States of tha interest on all

Faderal obligations iuued ill the tutuu .

0787

I think it would ba good atrate~ to h&n thh

bill aoted upon b7 Con,vua after Congreu hu aoted

upon the propond bill dealing with the t&xablt ahtu1

of future Federal aeeuri tlu .

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{'riM MHo UHlo 111M &1'<1 k.o014 oo U... &0-Ubl IJ>o,l ~ lttll

-111 lto •-tM la ...,,.u, lNl, M lllal aa totorwl of o\nteo~wllloldolbol•ooalh....,_al

aat t.l!o .. h o_.-.U-.; uo t.ualoh t • .., .. f..-UI.o~,.....lhMlOO,)

Uoao, u.olforoU..rJW'P'IIII o

h 1\ • ....,,.._ lor l.l!.o IU&U aa4. lcflt,oo of b5>noooaW.thwo d \llo

trUtH 5W.too of U.rl.,. b Comou ••••WN, ftl&l 1.1111 .11>1-., M

ot\Nu\llo 0Pu.l>llo:loa4!a.~:"letl94ol.. 1

0766

1 (4) ~- IIDDI!.-!o \be~ .ahal prortdM lo o.eUoa 111(1>),

btoreol 1,1p01 o'l .... Uu.o hoaM "17 ~) o '"''"· !orrHoi'J", or uq

pollU...J. ouWrldu \honor, or U.o tlhtr1ol ot Cel,..bt.., or &D7

q..,crorhot ..... •\alt\rof-.zqo~~o~~or•nof\l!.otoroplq:; or C.l

:c:.::.::=::~:::,:·a:,:::·::,:: ... ~: ~.::·:::(:;); or (C) u.. U.U ... IW.tn or -..;r of lh pc>uood ...... ..,. • ..,. pc~rooo o.-

t,.uqoftUobltp.Uouo-oftiMIIIol.au.u(.l.), (J),u(C)ob&ll,

t. t.bo re~ nqo.ir .. b7 thll abllptor, n1•H o nat•oat .t~ootac U..

,..bar,....._,_,, of....,., oUlpUou onN Q>lla .... t.l!o 1-o ..-

atulour-.,n..,.S.n.•

he. ;, I•Uou U(o)(l) aa4. (;a) of \ll.o hU~ a.-o Co&.

• 0 (1) tii!JDIT 01 UJIHD S'UTIS cnl(OI.!IOfl.- """""

.uchon~.c~ouo,.., ao...,D4104&114ouppl•oQto<l (l..,lu41"t'

u.o ... o•\oryaad.-.ppl•.,.'-"'TJ>rorlolo ... ofo .. ltom<l.

U(.f.)....,hcorporal1omhanl,..truaen~H:rof\ho!JD.ltod

I Sto.ho ( .. U tlno4 Ia uoltoa ll&(ll)} ; aU (J) n<:h bt.r .. t

1o bctu4.o4lacronl""o .. ......soro..,uonll%;&114 (C)wd.r

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•(b)nlt•l'llfiJIJnUn,••ImUr .. t uponobll,pltoo.oi .. ,.H.

(l)bdou.J».l:rl , 19-U, b:raltaU, hrrl\or;r, oro.~~;Tpolltical

(2) b:ra corpc,..Uo~ orp.~~hM.uM.orJ.ot of COIICI'OU, 1t lll'>h

079 0

kptnllu 1, Ul.? (oth.r tl>ut poo"'-1. O&...tiiCII uHiftco.t u

of Upoolt), -.-4 Ia tU e&oo or obltp.Uou or" aorporw.Uoa

(1Delu4IJ!C U>oo ... o4Uoq aDil wppl .... \u'T pnl'l1.oiou of

o .. uoa' of tlwo P'lll>Uo Dobt ~tot U~), &llll ~1M o:r-

o!Coqruo, Jllr U•o JI!Ul!OIU of t.hlo tl>b .. etloJu

•(1) Iahhnob.l-..;wbootll.oraoobllp.Uoa

io h011""dterJ\moo3J, l UJ. , an4-ohothuo.oobU•

• '(:l)OUiptto ... ..tolc.b. .. ulyHp~OlOit ,

.. ulat.-!., 4efat~N , or4eo~rorMobll.pUou, oro'o­

lip.Uou or J.&rcor or -tler u-bo,Uou, aa6. ob­

ltc&Uoii.O hi H&hhH4 ro .. orYithocn>pou 'llb.lch

••nlr .-.pl.a<:o obll.ptiono •HI> ooupou or 1D .,.Po-

lipUooo rOIJ>la<:.cl,

0791

0(3) ~) It U.. te .. o or,... ol>Uptloa houM bofon

.rul;rl, 1941, "•••W.rtty oflltl.lchoa o ....,'ae~~t<l&hla

• (u t.. latorut ..,.,..,.!,.; for UJ' pnlo4 o.!hr \!Ia .t&h of

tho o~orJuu Xl,lii<U,-tllohnorhlahr)boooD-

• (J) IoU..,..ooofanobll.jpotton loouK athrthe

o,..c-nt.U,h...,4 l>o!oHJul;rl,l9<ll , o,ehol>l l ption

oll&ll (o.o lo IDUreota<:oNll\lfOr""J"pUio4 &!tor,Ju,..3),

19fol) boeono14orNul .. ••• 4 a fhrJ\mo30, 194l, , lf &r17

pa:r t oftll.e p roeH4oof\ha i .. U01ofwlllahthoobllpUon

h a pe.r t, or li&>Q"ol>llpUonoftho luu., h4noto4

t.o tho nttr•oat or r<~tlmd.l...: of an ol>H ptton U.. -turHy

• J.,.,.rrl, 19-62, liJ'r•ooaolnellobllp.Uoahh c

C<loll"-forr"-...,tl.oaia.ceorolaa<lo•IU.\he '-"'"

0 (4) U&~~oobllpUoah ho,.od.ottorJuu30,

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·~J \hotu .... of""leh it ioapo.rt

(hoordMftue&llod 1reti1Ade4obllp.Uou•) ;aa4

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0792

an h1011o, b&n boon hnod. for ~ J"U'PPOO of n-

fw><l.lliC&"70 f tllo HI'w>U4obllp.Uou;OUI4

• (II) tile accnptt prl..,ipot.l Yo\lll.t of tho

..,..,tofthoroflu>do4obltptlono;aa4

•(I) hl.tenotoaMCII.ofthentw14Nobllp­

tlonoc ... u o (byrM .. nofn<>hobllpUon, belnc

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coutd..nd •• burnt 011 an oUI.pUoa lowl<l. bofon

0 (1))tb.oreh:Adtccobllpt1on, hi.Uoun.o,

tho, tl:lo ntun<t..S.obllp Uou;an4

'(H)\helllhr .. trateoatb.onl\\dl,.,obllp -

, Uouforuqporlo4Rd.1Q4onorhfon U..o:.o.ptloa

up1raUon4aUofth<! nt'w>dl<l.obltp.Uou h 110t

t'la4e4 obllp.Uou lla4, or would (U web. obllp.Uon

bo.41>0tb .. .,called.forr..t.-pUon)ho."oba4, for tho

corr .. poadl,.pnlo4;

t:b.n. tile nf'lullll ,. obUpUon oball bo ooaolduK &I l1011N

bofonll>l;rl , 194ol, ••to ooON<:b.oftlle 111tuut••o.ec"u

for .zq pulo<l. Olld.I.IIC bofon or on tho .u.pUoa npln.Uon

'U) oonralobll.c&tiouab&llhconoidnN

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Uon 1uuo4 after Juno :!0, 1~, ~U 4-.to ••

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..,.obl1pU011looudM!ore~l.l94l. . •

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0796

Janut...,.22,1941

Iha.dt.aln.uhor tlro to tell the Pruident, when I u w hl.m1.t 11!00 a .m., what we did thhiiOI"lllng for tht Engll1h (Su muting held 1n rq otflct. at 9115 • ·•· on 1/22/41).

""'"""'7 22,1941

In r o= 111>4pt Kuu.p r ou. -.!o the toll-1 Zif: ow.tt ... ntl

••••t uauult~ttll*tthtCo"<!;,...oowill accoptthene<~-nclaUonoftluiSocNt.&ryo!

the 'I'.-OUJ'1 U>*t \he ... .._.,.l<I D« or ta%e o for ntlre.,.lltor 4dtnot obllf&tionabe .. pealed; • • •

'l'hoolll>o!pt<l.oC\IIIontollova , l>aoodon~Jlrot"""'•et<>>U

thueh, t hat U.. ~;rou pllbllcdobtwUl -,.$119 , 157 ,000,000on

JUDe )0, 19~1. an4 $58 ,}67 ,000 , 000 011 """• }0, 1942. n>.oo two

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lllfi:U 'r1'1!&.Ul'7 U tbl&tu , theklanco of thobo .. rovl~~tauY>orUy

W>clar the ooobbed '-H 11aHatioao of $49,000, 000 , 000 will H

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0801

0602

the ro1~f:, •r:kih!0s!~:t~~~;~:·:~ t~~h!to~~!!~ •• U:n: "Goodaorning, dr.

I. thi~ 11:-1:1~J~~f;ntf7 t~~~~.!~ r:~~~~:de: ~:li1;o:ror~~~u, eon<Jerntionsthat Ibueh.,!wlthCorddl , botbotwhicbbe inltiattd. He it turiblJuput. It will tab • noaor. thu lin a lnutu.

"I &mworryingabout the lend-h ue bill. Rayburn h trJlng to get ut togethe r to110rr,.. ud llu.U alll no t co.. Th•t'l the olllrreuon I lllllllliiioua to eu:rou.

"Hull will not c011e to anr•eeting unhuyou requu~ billltodoao. IthlnkyouougbttohaYt• little otthe 4ckgrO\llld ,

• 0Tu, lcllllCOIIIOl'el'ltl2:1S.

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"Do lunderatllld tbet at teryouhHeheard rq atG1'7 youorilloalltbeSpu.ker?

"That ' a!iu . I will be.,.,.., brief . Th.nkyou, dr."

(When the Secretary told the Pruldent that Hull wouldnotoom.etothe~~eeting,thePruidentall.d , "Well , thenl•illgq_ tothemeetiD.g.")

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~;-~~~:d~~!Jh~:~!f:ii~';:E;::fo;;lllt~~!!:~~r;~lon thet when he hllr.ed to Hull Sunder at ltOO, it was the first t1111e that he had talked with him 1inct I had uen hilll •

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fehr\1&'710,1!141

I wnlt lunchw!th t he President tod.ty . l ukt~ ht:a !!' ht had thouO"ht about hall n ...en ~oln" to handle the &nrro:>r•rlation for tll<l Lend•!.nu Bill , and b.e uld he ~r.dn 't , 1 ~~:u• hla thh !lleltorud= .

.u rlrat tha Prull!ent thou·ht tha Stah Peaarblentouv.bttobeinonalloflt ,

~.~.·~~0~ t~:~~~~~~· ~~~::~:~ :~!'tf' ~:. ~~~~~~~~~~~""~~~no~ 11!t ~~o~~: t\1~; :~a ~~~~~::~,~~.~\~~~~~;an~~ !r~cil~ :rrr t:~~ m&thra . I ar,rud with him. ! uld that

i~~~~~~r"~r:~~~fd7 1 ~!~"t ~~c~?t ~~~.;r .. ~: ... ttwu necuury, Then I go t onto the handHny of thl nevotlatlon• after the hill nusu, and I uld 1 didn ' t nnt to ~~::~~.;!,~~~;; · sh~u~~~o ~ten 't th ink

hll, the"rulc!ent .. nt\oned ttt.t Jonu had e1nred !he contract. with hctorles thh hata·eek , and I uid I knew about

~~:!,:~t r~~:! !~dtt:: ~~~! ~~= 1bf1l~uaed thetJonutroulc!.n't!lgurelnona!IIIIIOre o!lh11:1. ! nlc that Itru arrald he would trytom1lce too shupallar;::ain , end he a;rttdwlthn:e .

Hethentoldn:eaj,outhowhetoldStlmson toroehud and~~tekeavellable20!111lllon

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0811

~f~!id 0~i~~!! :~t~"tu~!ti~ld m:a~~: ba~ed on the r ecent Supreme Court dec h lon , tht he, the Pr uident , conoidend It to be unneutrd t o i nfoMII the Germans of thh tranuctlonbutthnthe , thePreal dent , d a htud&te , would \nforcConcreu .

So I told the President t hat I al ao wn on t he hot spot , becaun .. hl!e I told CoJliresa

~~~t .f~;~!~c:~ l~r'H. El~i~ ·~r "~~~~~!~~ thlltua:M.tteroffactthefirs t of

~:au:i~~~~p c~~t~~~t~ 1%r I a~:~n~~~r~o !~ir i on dolhr so.nd tlt11.t lho.O en t ered In to lUI agree­ment 1r!th the British ~urchulnl" ~:tul on a.r.d Si r l'rederlck Phillips •hen I hft that they coule dollet.,een30anC:Jt> mllllondollars

~~;:"t~th I f;~!d t~~~t~~~~:d ~~ch!~J'nf':,r!~r o!et · ~nrl Si r freOerlck to conr all cf these pu rchnn "'""that Iwu followln ll; Out..bat ! thoU?, ht wu in t he Presi~ent ' • mind ~hen he told roe that Just u lonr, u the 1!!-\tish -..anted t o buy, let them continue to buy. He said yes , that-.. u r ight.

I th! n said thft t looklnp ahHd once this Eill pauecl , that I ..-ould like to sort of dronoutoftheplctureunleuthePresident eltherorderedorreouest&dmetocontlnue . I:' ell , the Pr esident ida , '".~hy'? " That seemed to take him oult e aback . So ! oa\d , ~,•:e ll , Tfeltthat ftshouli!beupto t heArmyanC llavy,"but I Ju s t wan t ed to t ell him that T hadtol dthistoPul'visandtwlcePur v\shad onoker.tomethathe folt absolutely slek at>outmynothnln;! t ocont\nue •

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Od'i2

The l>re•ident uld , "\'.'ell , t hne FI'Ot an

§:~~~tft~;y o~·~~! ~~~~:~~.!"~o t~rC"!t~~ant t>urvh , and tht will lree, you \nforme~

;~~ 1 1~~ ~~·~ ~~~l!~~~~ v;0 ir!~:.~~;~;i;n and talk It over wlth him.

l waspleuedthatt he r r es\dentwanted

:o~~lH~i ~:!~§; :~rh~r~~:~;l :~:~'i"~!Z i~~: ki n<! of s er vic, that he i s enttthcl to .

T then trou~ht un the question of the froz en funas end t old the Pr esident at-out my con~ veru tlon with the State C e n~rt~r. en t the day Tleft , andhesee[]Jedtol>e verymuch intcreahd . Ee ul.d , ''.".her e doea it stana now"" I nld , "\','ell , it awaits my re tu r n. " Wher eupon he took~ pencil ~ne Mper Md wrote Hull a note "hieh, to the best of my m<! mory wae a dd resse~ , "C . !•.: Henrr !!orpen t hu

~~1~ 0r;~~~~~ t~~~~; . ~nd ~~·~., c~11;e 1 ~.,~~ .. ~~~ tol!ull . Itolcltlle Pre s\dentth .. tT

~c~~~~a 1 ~fm d~~~~~e ~a~: d~~~~ t 1 !~~.~:s t ~ 0~!i !~~e~:~lfi !~ b~ts~:~~s~~ : l eon Henderson,

As I ,a id , I felt confident thnt ..-h\le It woulcl hi-e us h-o yea r s to ~e t r ead;< to r;e t an Army of a mlllton 400, 000 :r.en fully e qul~'Jed , t hat within bo •·.ee;.;s 'lie could hllVe an effective econottle wa r hre s tart ing .

\ ( }o~:~l~0 ~sf!~a~~o~!c~~f~~ · o~h~h:8~rmury , ,;; worlo:in(l'for Col onel!.fan;ellandtoloihtr.

that I tholl(ht that Hu-.:bu wa s j u:; t a S. O.fl. ,

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Od13

I then ~a..-. the Pruidant •IIIIIIOnndu that llerh Coeh,..n hld "lvenme as to the ruo1.1reu of I lie Cr own Prlnceas ot liorwe,: . He wu ur:r .. uch lnteruted ln It , -nd add he dlseuneclwlthCNwn PrlneeOlaf what they"·erer:olng t o<lo ~~:~ ~:::-;·~~reH:":~di~~ t~~~~~~~:~rised and said htdidn't suhowtheycould dothat . tleaal.dlncludlnzthafour chll<!ren and flu servants an~ the rut o! thel!l, he figured tiler had a household ofl4 ; allowi n'l: !500 amontllforthelr rent , hedldn 't aeehowtheycouldspend 1110re than U , 500all.onth.

The Pruldent had a ~ad cold , and seemed

:::;!:~ ~:~~::~::fo!~:u~: r~:~!~::~~~: sway on the flrat ofhrehon eo:ae bod somewhereotf"lorlda ,

TbePrest•er.ttolll''"'thethe"as'lery muchdlaanoo\ntedthat \'re . Fr anlclin Rooaeveltw.snotrolnyto.3outhknerlca . ~! :!~! U:!ht;~~t~~ ~:: ~.~.~oCo:~t!e:~J uldentlyhe u1a that they ht1.d offered hsr every lnauce:~~ent, \ncludtn~ that 1he hlce Eltnor!!ol'l;entheuwlthb.er . lnld ,

:~~t": } ~~;~~ ~~~~~~~= ~~~=·.t~~r , !,le but it~n between the State liep•rt.:~oent ~~;ndthePresldent , 11..,d th•twuthe1)lllfl .

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0814

I t hen to l~ him that I thourht Eleanor Roosualt ndl y•anhd to co to Enghnt . P.t uld he wu aholutely c~noud to the ~;:.i!:i~~! ~~!:ft, t~~t t~!"~t~:~~:~:: &ndlt"ouldbeagreatsourceo!worry to the Englhh . I

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Februaryl9,1941

KU Jr ealled the Preddent at 3 :4.5 today and the follo'lling htheirconverntion :

0817

KU Jr: I juat thought in view of the difficult

!!.!i~ ~~:~ ~t"i:t~r!:.~i!1 t~0~o:~•t I~ai::a a:~nfo!~ J~~~n~o ~ r:~:~l!n ~d ~~:~o;~~ =~n!;o~!;o;:rrl;ld ~r~~!r~!~1=ieh~ Z:tt1:1d~ . ke~.;hd! ~!t ~l;:tgit~r· and I think it will fool the111.

~: Tea, that ' a very sma.rt at thia time ,

may ~=unJ!;;i~t= ~a:~1h!':h:r:r!~~~t. an1 !!nt • !: lh:Pfi~~~i~a:t11 t~~:~X:;: but I do not expect to

Purvis would lika to ahow the whole cba.rt tb&t he

;:~·cgu~~~til . :t;~~~~i~:rr~~!~: hi! ~:a~' ,!l1~g~~ with you1 {Ch&rt h titled "British War Requirement! for 1941-4.2~)

The Pres : Yea, but I w.ould sh011 them the original but would nat leave any copiea with them •

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08 18

hbruarr 24 , 1941

HltJrcalled the Pruident at ltOOp.11. , lllld the follow·

i ng iaHliJr'tpe.rtoftheconnrntlonl

•weU , therh•n got to own 1oM. This 1• • refWidlng .

Hnt t hey bough t Ul thebahybonda theycoulduu?

•1an . Well, there will be phnty ot bonda for

enrybody.

• Ihe.'ftbnnworkingnt'rehardhereonthltaa 101:11

oC our boys think bec•uct thh it the tint t1mt "'are

b!~!1~~~~~1!r ~nd~~d 1 ~h=~1!o~d ·;~· r!~r;~~!! · tow!1:!"'

yearaYil tha ~ coupon . Youaeewehuegot,totlgure that

lliJ¥Oorporatlonsubacriblt~itothueboodlwill , !or theflret

tlae, hue to pay • 24% corporate tu on the interest that

they reeehe . S<nne ot the111are looking ahead, tlguringthat

• they will hut to pty up to SO:C .

o'r Thu~!d.;~•:, ~~~!~~gth~~u!: ::~idn oJl!~d!1tw~;::~d~te

:~t~h! :~~.~:~~~~~;u~r g:o~~~~t~!PC!~~ : ·~u!o!~~~~u:;;!:ld blotrup, the note 1a t here u a.n llllohor to the wlnd"• rd.

E:;;~F:i:;~:fJr~St~·r!:~~~t~~d ~~· o~! · bin~!:

be H. ~a¥.' o!hi. c!!dl b~!{Z~;' iibat 1• it going to

happen:Wth!r~e!~i~ ~~=·~.;~~ th•t buia Wilen aocethlng

The Pruldeot'a lllltller wu thtl he thought it wu ney

olen r.

H . ~ . Jr:

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0819

Febi'U&I')'27 , 1~1

I 1111 the Preal<lent thlt morning, &odlliu 'll'ithhimbttnenhll!andthruquutera ot an hour. Ht sounded nr1 quiet. l!e•u f~!~::::k;~~y v!:h~·el} , t~~k 'ht~'~!!! :~ •lnuaanbotherln.gbla.

ilepolntedtotheheadllnuotthe!fewYork Tlau about thh twoo'olockllntl.na:Jeattrd&J · :: ::t:·~t·.:t:r~.~~o~~ ~~r ,:i:!1~~ nn·~~:r -. l..end · l..eueBlll. " Soiuld , "l'ell,Ithlnk that Forrnhl iln't to be trusted toomuoh. I don ' t like - onthreedif!erut oocuiont he baa brought M=elll(l:ll !ro111Chnnce ~ll~n d~~ · ~'f:f!~: t~h:;·:~· i~r~~~~~ !o~! 1!~ ' a :~:kh: ~~t~! ~cb'fnt!lft;!~~; .. t don't

I nid , "DoJOutbintrqcrltlclauanunhir?" J.ndheu.ld,"'No."

I then. told the Pruidtnl - heuked•how ll;fbondln\lewent , andlaaiditwentutia-

f:~:r~:l ~t::~~P !~i:~~ :;!~~~~!it: -~~i~~F!~tul :! ~~;·~tlf ~~ r~;~ef~!ilt·~~ ;ootzJil~o~'t~;·t ?~:{~~iw t::~~:}:~;;!:H~ :; I ::rg~:rr ~~~~ay. ~ait~;r !::F::!~~! ·~~~ · f~!~~!:~ir:r~:~ ::r:~~ · bad . •

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I•aid, "lliUIQ to111•·" I 11.id, "onr 1 r•rlodof:aontbs,wtlrejl.ll l&Scompletely

~~~·l:·E~:!d:df~!! i? Jb!~rH~!J" ·:~ flnddech ionaare~e?" Andho u.ld , ;!~·a~~~~:~· · He H:.:!:d~Y:~ ::;~~ ~o:_:~Y wh&tKnudaencallaa'flo'lllheet' 1howing

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I ge.t four or flu requeat1aday . " 1 a&id, "No, Jdon't,but , " Iaaid,"•hentheOirector ot the Budget comu \non the lmporhnt!U.tters , onthebiguounh, •nd-.;henyouare•boutto m•h up your mind , that Ia the ttme I •ou.ld Hke to a lt In , " llnd be couldn't han been nicer. Hen.H , "Absolutely, of course you ahouH ait ln .•

~!::t~~rh bEd ~m!t:~~:!:-1o1~!~!l:: Iwun'tgettinetheatuff ,

~~{~~hr~1:rt~~"~~t t! :!!t '~~,~P s~:.~~ .. ofticeA!lddl•cuss11hetherornotweahould go &head with t he blll to dh•lnate atah

:h!t m:!c~li1 r~;~t~x:~r I b::r~ : .~:u 1 ~!.. . h~r~~::!~ o;~~~~H::!h:~:!h 1:F~:i~ ~ndi~ ~ .. -~id;o .~b!c{~~~~~ that , h that all rlght?"

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~~[~~0 tdl him in adunce what I Q

{ ~::~ ~r; j~;~ i~i~E~;~~~e~~~t~~n;.:d~ (See e.thdunent. ) ""''""'" ' -., [-.. ~ 1' '

!o ~~:..n:~t ~o~::l!~~d~ 1 !~:f1 :or~~~~· .;~·;~!~~g qo.dte a lot of r espondbility on me , w Mid I

!iid;~~~~!~~ ~ t~~; ~~!mio t~~uf~l~ i~1~hi! is mMMr , and I told them that my horseback

m~~~:a":~~l~~~iiy ~-~:!~;! }ft t~:u .•cl~i~ stockhol~en and taxfayere v. e re dis.~isfled , ~~~ ~~~mJ~~~~!~ !~e .. ~ . ~~~~~ef~:~p~!:l~!~t absolutely ag r eed .

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~t ~~g Jili~~~ d:~~!:£~ih :t~~~~2;~~!~ 450 million dollars expendltures between now and the first of July, and that urly

i~~~ar~~ ~~:;~~~~id t~!t ort t~ia m~~ailp~ that I certainly coul~ not go on the Hill before the bill ~used to get any authority tobe ofanyassHtancetothem, because the first questlon Congress would ask me

~f' t~'i~ 19~~i~i~~~' ~oi~:~s 3~~~th&~} direetinves t ment!?" Andiwouldhe.veto

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~0dn~~t·::; m·t~ 0 ef'!fii r~; ~~~:~n:~t -· some way of beln~:; of auiatance to yo~> . "

1 add , "Can 't you take the Belgian gold?"

Well, M didn't !mot~ , ao the Prnldent u.ld, "'l.'dl , you know Juu Jonn hu •••1· !Ia wanh to get hglllatlon . ~

h:1~:·~~;::~a ~~:::~~~~~!:~rH.ti~::.tlon Fund and then ht lh•dothe selliflg, hke

!~f ::!f:!H~:~;~of:~~~h:, ·;~!~~~.;n:g~~n.t ;.icl~d~y:~~~~!~a;0~~~d0~~:.rlght?" And he (But I •rill hue to aaysome thl.ng to Juu J:onn •o•e don 't get cronedup on thi a th ing . )

in~~! ~!un, ~~!c~::~o~~n=t~:r!~: ~d·~:;1;~ly in the frau of mind that he wanted to lhhn . 'l.hen I got through be aald , ~It yo ... hue a little utra tiae, 1 would like you to take ao::telhlngand Jetwhether7oucanwork It out for.., . •

SOlu.ld , "I have abaysgottime. "

He said , ''Well , rou know the 500- acre 1.• in Puel' t o Rloo haa bun !o11nd cona t itutlonal . ~

Iuid , "Y.'ell, I didn ' t kn.awth&t ."

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He u.id , ""ell , I Muld like you to work out •

do~~i';!~!r ~~~;a;o:11!~:!! fin!~~~ tt~, by:~ I hue got to tlgure thet out.~ '

Heuia,"\\'ewoulduytoalando'liT\erwho

t~:~~ r~~~:!i:::~!~~: :;:·:~=:~.!::!=tr tah it •here'-U-wu convenient. 'ihen WI coul dbuythhl•nd inaJUlltucteo! !our to eight ecru ud epend 1.bout a tbouu.nd dolbraonuchhoaeatead, title tore:.~&in wl.ththego•enu.ent. ·

He s&id , "We would put tenants on there , ' tenanta et 'llill', •hichuidentlyha

·legal tem. These tenants to be placed on

~:~t~i~d~ o~d~ t~~n!~~. ·~.~· s~:;r~~~. ·~!~a and sooanhlecbilaren . 'lewould insht

~~t .:b~i~i:~~. a:~u~~. 0~~ti1e:~'~~:lf1:rb• ~~p~:~~::::::~r J~ tc:y :::h!!~~:~~:~:~: · property . "

He add , "'l'he !!rst time GOTernor Swope co~euphere , I•l.lltellttohlmahout it . "

I thinltheh.adtorgottenth .. twhenlreturned from Puerto Rico I luddlscussedthhwhole planwl.thhim.

I uid , "\','ell , the way to finance this thing is to use the sugu benefit money for thit curpose , beCI.Uat , "l said , "itlstheaU31.f'

s900r~~ $100b :~:~r=~·~a ttf ;:::a p~~ ~~. e~arbene!it:~oney intoatruat fund , the

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vdue of the land a~ould come dolm conalder&bly , &nd you can go ahead with thh plan . "

I w!lllt to dlaouu this with Foley, because Jhavehadhillllooklntoit . Ithinkthe but IIWl to talkwllh I s Bu.ny Baldwin, 'll'ho runaReaettlementoverln Agr lculture ,and who has oulde an ouhtandlng success over there .

Itoldhillllwouldbedellghtedtodolt , and itllculdbefuntolliorkonlt.

It is interesting to me that he should put 11.

~~;~~~.~~~~a~~a~f ~~~~J c~it~~!~~~~ ~::n s:~r!tary oflnt.,dor, because it is pretty flrafield ; buthelmonoeyrealinter ea tinlandre ­uttlement .