October 1st
 
Dear Sir Edward,
     This is a hasty note written quickly before leaving for Paris. I am entrusting  it to Pleven
who will bring it to you and be at your disposal to comment on any part which I am afraid might
be obscure in view of the rush in which this letter is dictated.
     I am attempting only to cover the various points which we discussed and to outline
suggestions for the solution of some of the problems which will face our two countries; some of
these problems have been met during the last war and were solved by the organization which was
created at the end of 1917, while some others are new and might require original solutions.
     In the main, the ideas and organization I have discussed with you and the various British
Ministries to whom you were good enough, to introduce me, are nothing else than the very ideas
and organization which finally, after three years of conflict, the Allies had to recognize as
essential, and were successfully tested.
     
     As regards the organization, there should be established for each main category of needs
an Anglo-French Council and corresponding Permanent Executive Committee.    The following
Councils and Committees could be immediately created:
Anglo-French Council of Armaments- Permanent Executive Committee of Armaments,
"    "    "    "  Aviation-    Permanent Executive Committee of Aviation,
"    "    "    "  Food-           Permanent Executive Committee of Food,
"    "    "    "  Maritime Transports- Permanent Executive Committee of Sea                         Transports.