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French towns by that time remains to be seen.
 
     I do not know whether or not there is any method
 
of increasing the production of these search-lights
 
or of releasing some of the present production to the
 
French. Will you have this looked into? It may be
  
vital.
 
     My own view of the future is the following:
 
France and England will not accept the "peace ultimatum" 
 
that Germany is contemplating. It may 
 
indeed neverbe launched. Germany then will attack France with all
 
the force that she possesses or can acquire from the
 
Soviet Union and Italy.
 
     The attack against France may be successful. I
 
do not believe that it will be.
 
     If American production of airplane motors and bodies
 
can be trebled in eight months, dominance in the air 
 
should be in the hands of the French and British by
 
August or September of next year. This dominance
 
could be increased greatly by the spring of 1941, and
 
at that time France and England might hope to defeat
 
Germany.
 
Germany's obvious avenue of escape then would be
 
to go Bolshevik and summon the Soviet armies. If French
 
and