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China, Great Britain, the U.S.S.R., the Netherlands and the
United States and I stated that I was prepared to designate at
once Major General George H. Brett as the representative of the
United States assisted by Brigadier General John MacGruder.       
                                      
     It is my thought that this conference  arrive at a concrete
preliminary plan and that this plan be communicated in the
greatest confidence to me by Saturday, December 20; it should
also be communicated by the Russian, British and Netherlands
representatives in the utmost secrecy to their respective
governments.
     I have also communicated with Mr. Josef Stalin suggesting
that he talk vlth Chinese, American and British representatives
in Moscow and let you [me] have his views from the northern
viewpoint.
     I have proposed to theBritish Government that they call a
military and naval conference in Singapore, to meet
simultaneously with the proposed conference in Chungking and to
report operational plans as they see the situation in the
southern zone. I have suggested to the British Government