THE WHITE HOUSE
                         WASHINGTON
 
                    February 9, 1942
 
MEMORANDUM FOR
          HARRY HOPKINS:
 
          To do the necessary. I 
have not signed it.
 
               F.D.R.
 
MEMORANDUM:
 
     I telephoned the substance of
 
 
the letter which General Arnold prepared
 
for the President' s signature to Lord
 
Halifax, so it will not be necessary to 
 
send the letter to Halifax. These
 
papers can therefore be filed.
 
               H.L.H.