SECRET                                                                                             March 2, 1942.
 
Memorandum far Mr.  Harry Hopkins.
 
 
          Airplane production for February , according to preliminary figures, was 3,148 plans.
 This is  above the January figures,  despite the fact that  February  was a short month.
 
          134 heavy bombers were delivered  75 B-17s and 59 B-24s. This is 24 above estimates.
 
         I do not have the breakdown between tactical planes and training planes.
 
Robert P. Patterson
Under Secretary of War.