The requirements of certain raw materials, such as: coal, oil, timber, are likely to be so important
that it might be well justified to have special Executives dealing exclusively with these products.
Also certain groups of supplies, such as for example wheat, sugar, etc., which are grouped under
the heading of Food may require special Executives such as wheat, sugar, etc. This can be worked
out as and when necessary.
     Such an organization should necessarily be in close touch with the Economic Warfare
organization, as it is clear that the programmes of purchases of the Executive Committee will be
very often influenced by the necessities of Economic Warfare, while the existence of the
Committees and of their joint purchasing organizations will in many cases assist the action of the
Economic Warfare.
     On the model of what was created in the last war, the Councils could be composed of the
respective English and French Ministers and would deal only with questions of broad policy, and
would issue general directions to their Permanent Executive Committees.
     The Permanent Executive Committees would be constituted by a few technicians of both
countries; their duty would be:
     a) to establish and keep an inventory of the resources and requirements of both countries,
     b) to secure the best utilization in the common interest of the resources of the two
countries in raw material, means of production, etc.,
     c) on the basis of the national programmes communicated to them by their respective
national Administrations, to formulate the joint allied import programmes,
     d) to organize the purchases to be made in common abroad through single purchasing
agencies,