DEYOU 
 
 
                         Personal
 
                         Following from Prime Minister.
                         Begins:
                         Part 1
 
     I am of course leaving arrangements for forthcoming conference entirely in the hands of
the President and his advisers. Nevertheless you might like to have a few suggestions, gist of
which you could pass to the President in appropriate form.
 
     On first evening (Monday) we should like to comply generally with practice by an
exchange of views informally and with the President and Chiefs of Staff with Joint Staff Mission,
Chiefs of Staff would be glad of your views and advice early.
 
3.         After hearing views of Joint Staff Mission, Chiefs of Staff will complete Tuesday morning
a short paper they have prepared on allied strategy.     After tea Tuesday I suggest Joint United
States and British Staffs confer. We think it essential this should be on highest level with President
in the chair.
I shall have already given the President my views on general situation and am prepared to develop
them at conference.
 
4.         Unless American Chiefs of Staff would prefer to table paper of their own on Joint strategy
suggest our Chiefs of Staff paper should form basis of our first formal discussion. Joint strategy
must be settled and agreed at outset before we can decide dispositions and programme.
 
                                                               Part II follows.
 
PW