18 SEPTEMBER 1941
 
 FROM:    HARRIMAN                                                                
 TO: HOPKINS                                                               
 
          SUPPLEUENTING TODAYS CABLE TO THE PRESIDENT:             
THE 200 PLANES PER MONTH THE BRITISH HAVE PROMISED RUSSIA WILL 
BE FIGHTERS, PROBABLY HURRICANES. WE RECOMMEND, IF THE PRESIDENT
APPROVES OUR SUPPLYING 200 AIRPLANES PER MONTH THROUGH JUNE AS
WELL. AFTERCONSULTING, BUT WITHOUT SPECIFIC APPROVAL OF BRITISH,
GENERALCHANEY SUGGESTS FOLLOWING: FOUR ENGINE HEAVY BOMBERS
AVERAGETHREE A MONTH. MODEL B-25, MEDIUM BOMBERS 5 PER MONTH.
MODEL A-20A,B AND C LIGHT BOMBERS 92 PER MONTH. MODEL P40E
PURSUIT 100 PER MONTH. WE BILL PROPOSE TOTAL OF 203 OBSERVATION
MODEL 0-52 LIEU OF LIGHT BOMBERS OR PURSUIT IF WE FIND RUSSIANS
CAN USE THEM EFFECTIVELY PLEASE ADVISE WHETHER ABOVE SATISFACT-
ORY AS WE MUST BE EXACT AND DETAILED IN OUR PROMISES TO. THE
RUSSIANS S0 AS TO AVOID THEIR CLAIMING AT LATER DATE MORE MODERN
TYPES SUCH AS AIR-COBRA ETC., WHICH MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE. BE
ALSO FEEL THAT NUMBER OF TYPES SHOULD BE LIMITED AS FAR AS
PRACTICABLE.  THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION INCLUDES SPARES
EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL, IN THE FIELDS OF ASSEMBLY, OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE, ALSO AMMUNITION, GARMENTS, AND OTHER SPECIAL
EQUIPUENT ESSENTIAL TO COMBAT OPERATION OF THE AIRPLANES LISTED.