6.
                                
                                
                              III.
 
     The essential problems of America in the areas which I have described in the foregoing
portions of this memorandum can be in summary described as follows:
 
     First:    The preservation of our communications across the North Atlantic with our       fortress in the British Isles covering the British fleet.
 
     Second:The protection of our communications with the Near and Far East by air via Brazil
          and Africa and by water around the Cape of Good Hope.
 
     Third:    The building up as rapidly as possible of air and sea communications in the Pacific       with Australia.
 
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     Underlying all of these objectives is the immediate necessity of protecting the vital
sea ^[naval (handwritten) ] and air industrial establishments on the west and east coasts of the
United States.
 
                                        /s/ H. L. S.