March 6, 1942 MEMORANDUM FOR MR. LOVETT: We are getting urgent requests from Russia for transports. You recall that some the ago they asked for an, unconscionable number but it seems to me that any they can get are important. I am enclosing a copy of a letter I got from Litvinoff. Don't worry about the number he asks for. The important thing is, do you think we can give them any? You see he says he will take used airplanes. I would think from a strategic point of view transports in Russia today are as im- portant as any place in the world. HARRY L. HOPKINS Enclosure. col General Burns. |