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and British dominance in the air should be sufficient at
 
that time, the Soviet Union would not dare to march and
 
France and England could impose a peace that would
 
prevent the destruction of everything civilized on
 
the continent of Europe by the Bolsheviks.
 
         It is clear that the small nations of the world --
 
and that includes every nation as small or smaller than
 
Poland -- will no longer be able to exist unless at
 
the end of this war there can be established such a
 
dominance in the air of the United States, England and
 
France that the small nations can be protected without
 
vast losses of infantrymen.
 
The productive capacity of France and England in
 
airplanes is too small to achieve such dominance, The
 
future, therefore, will depend on the production of an
 
overwhelming number of planes in the United States.
 
         I realize that France and England may be defeated
 
and destroyed before our American production can be
 
raised to a sufficient point to save them but I hope
 
that will not be.
 
I am certain that there is no single problem con-
 
fronting you at the moment which is more important than
 
the