- 2 - Mennet accompanied Daladier to England for his conferences with Chamberlain last week, and has spent the days since talking with all the Cabinet Ministers in England. He is confident that the British will accept the organization as outlined by him in this letter. I thought you would be interested in having it in advance. So far as the organization in the United States is concerned, the present plan is to set up a joint Franco- British purchasing agency, and not make purchases through Morgan and Company or through any other bank or agent. I have had a large enough finger in all this business to be able to steer it, in case you have any definite ideas as to what you want or do not want. Just let me know. The second and third documents have to do with airplane orders in the United States. They were handed to me tonight by Guy La Chambre. The airplane situation is approximately the fol- lowing: The French produced in the month of September 1939, 319 war planes, The British produced approximately 450 war planes. In addition, both the French and British |