OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES
                  WASHINGTON, D, C.
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                                   14 June 1944
 
MEMORADUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
 
 
     Having just returned from the beachhead in
 
France, I hope that you might find it of some interes~
 
to get certain conclusions based on my observations
 
there.
 
     I went over in the Tuscaloosa which was the
 
flagship of Admiral Deyo, who is doing a fine job as
 
commander of the naval bombardment forces. I feel cer-
 
rain of the following conclusions:
 
     1. The success of the landing as a whole
 
shows certain fundamen6al weaknesses in the
 
basic German position. These weaknesses are
 
not only psychological; they are material and
 
physical. It was clear that the Germans had
 
neither the resources nor the capabilibilities to
 
meet the attack at every possible landing beach.
 
We talked to prisioners at the Utah Beach. One