-2- #3148, December 19, 8 p.m., (SECTION TWO), from London. and utilized in whatever manner is best designed to achieve the common purpose namely the defeat of the enemy. The first essential is that there should be leadership and that there should be a definite policy. The leadership should come from President Roosevelt with his unrivaled prestige and authority. The policy should be formulated between the President and the Prime Minister between whom the closest contact should be maintained in its development in the light of events. The policy should cover the military, political and economic fields. It should deal both with our immediate problems and our long range planning. It should visualize the war as a whole and should provide for the allocation and utilization of the total land, sea and air forces and the resources and supplies of the allies in whatever manner is necessary to achieve the common objective. Having determined the policy it will then be the task of leadership to persuade the powers associated with us to accept and implement it. This implementation would involve the acceptance of the allocation and utilization of the allies for the time being limited resources in the carrying out of the policy agreed upon. In order |