UNITED STATES FLEET 
HEADQUARTERS OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF
     NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C.
 
 
                                     May 6, 1942
 
 
 
Memorandum for the President
 
Subject:           Prevailing winds along Russo-German front; 
                    May- September.
 
        1.        This memorandum is a brief summary of prevailing 
wind conditions along the Russo-German front from May to September, 
as to be expected at KOLA, LENINGRAD, SMOLENSK, KIEV and SEVASTOPOL.
 
        2.                    May            June           July           August         September
 
KOLA                     Var.             N              N            N+S.W.               -   
                              (8)             (9)            (9)             (8)             
 
LENINGRAD          W-NW            W-NW           W-NW                 W                   W-NW           
                         (9)                   (9)                  (9)                    (9)                     (9)
 
SMOLENSK            NE          t h r o u g h          s o u t h                   t o               NW
                              (7)                 (7)                 (6)                      (6)                   (6)
 
KIEV                     N - NW           N - NW             NW                  NW                  NW             
                         --                  --                  --              --                     --
 
SEVASTOPOL          Var.                NW                  NW                  NW                  NW    
                              (5)                 (6)                 (6)                 (7)                   (7)
 
               Figures in ( ) are average wind velocites.
 
     3.   The foregoing data has been extracted   from data of
record in the Bureau of Aeronautics, supplemented by the records of 
the Weather Bureau.
 
 
                                   E. J. KING