WAR DEPARTMENT
          OFFICE OF CHIEF OF STAFF
                   WASHINGTON
 
MEMO FOR THE PRESIDENT
 
MY DEAR MR. PRESIDENT:
 
          THE ATTACHED PAPERS BEARS VERY
DIRECTLY ON YOUR COMMENTS YESTERDAY
A.M. REFERENCE TANK CARRIERS TO BE 
CONSTRUCTED OR IMPROVED.  IT CAME IN 
TODAY.
 
                    G.C MARSHALL