THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINTON May 19, 1942 MEMORANDUM FOR GENERAL ARNOLD Dear Hap: T.V. Soong tells me that: (a)A very large amount of Japanese equiptment is being made in Shanghai. (b)This equipment is dependent on power from the Shanghai power plant which is the only source of power. (c)That if this power plant were destroyed it would slow up Japanese production for six months. He, therefore, suggests that at the earliest possible moment we bomb the Shanghai power plant and try to put it out of business. His thought is that our planes should take off from India, thus constituting putting the power plant out of business, to return to the Chengtu field near Chungking. |