THE SECRETARY OF STATE
                           WASHINGTON
 
                                        December 18, 1941
 
Dear Mr. President:
     I have your letter of December eighteenth relative to the important question of a meeting
with the British and the Dutch concerning raw materials.  In accord with your request~ I am glad
to assign Mr. Thomas K. Finletter as a member of the group and have advised him accordingly.
 
                              Sincerely yours,
 
 
 
 
The President,
     The White House.