Dec. 14, 1941
DRAFT
 
FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE GENERALISSIMO:
 
          In my judgment it is of the highest importance that immediate
steps be taken to prepare the way for our common action against against our common 
enemy. To this end I respectfully suggest that you call a joint military
conference to take place in Chungking not later than December seventeenth
to exchange information and to consider the military and naval action
particularly in Eastern Asia which may most effectively be employed to
accomplish the defeat of Japan and her allies.
 
          I suggest that the conferees consist of representatives of China, 
Great Britain, the Dutch, United States and the U.S.S.R., and I am prepared 
to designate at once Major General George H. Brett as representatives of
the United States assisted by Brigadier General John Magruder.
 
          It is my thought that this conference arrive at a concrete 
preliminary plan and that this plan be communicated in the greatest
confidence to me by Saturday, December twentieth.
 
          It should also be communicated by the Russian, British, and Dutch 
representatives in the utmost secrecy to their respective Governments.
 
          While your preliminary conference is meeting in Chungking, I am
asking the British to hold a military and naval conference in Singapore
to include Chinese, American and Dutch officers and report operational plans 
as they see the situation in the Southern zone.
 
          I am also asking Mr. Stalin to talk with Chinese, American, and
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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States and the U.8.~.a., and I am 1~ %o designate at eaee MaJo~ Gene~aX Geo~ H. ~t as
re]pe~entative, or the United st&t~o ~Ko b7 ~er ~ John bGnd~. ,
 
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to lnel~e ~eoe, AmoFi~ and D~t~ o‚fl~ and report epe~atiea
 
as the7 moe the ai~~ in the sout~~ soM.
 
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