DEPARTMENT OF STATE
THE SECRETARY
December 22, 1941
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Supplementing my suggestions regarding a Supreme War Council, I give you this
additional outline of organizations that might function under it:
Military Council
Naval Council
Aviation Council
Shipping Council
Economic Council
Food Committee
Munitions Committee
Raw Materials Committee
Petroleum Committee
These auxiliary organizations were contemplated by the provisions in draft of the Supreme
War Council wherein it was given responsibility for "coordinating distribution of available
resources of all categories between various theatres of war".
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