July 15, 1942,
 
MEMORANDUM FOR
                    GENERAL MARSHALL
                    ADMIRAL KING
                    HON. HARRY L. HOPKINS
 
SUBJECT:   INSTRUCTIONS FOR LONDON CONFERERENCE - JULY, 1942.
 
     1.  O.K.
 
          2.  The military and naval strategic changes have been 
so great since Mr. Churchill's visit to Washington that it 
becomes necessary to reach immediate agreement on join
operational plans between the British and ourselves along 
two lines:
 
     (A) Definite plans for the balance of 1942.
 
     (B) Tentative plans for the year 1943 which, 
     of course, will be subject to change in the light of 
     occurences in 1942, and which should be initiated 
     at this tine in all cases involving preparation 
     in 1942 for operations in 1943.
 
     3.
     
     (A) The common aim of the United Nations must be 
     the defeat of the Axis Powers. There cannot be 
     compromise on this point.
 
     (B) We should concentrate our efforts and avoid dispersion.
 
     (C) Absolute coordinated use of British and American 
     forces is essential.
 
     (D) All available U. S. and British forces should be 
     brought into action as quickly as they can be profitably 
     used.
 
     (E) It is of the highest importance that U.S. ground 
     troops be brought into action against the enemy in 
     1942.