FDR - Harriman 9/18/41

                  TELEGRAM
                                                 SEPTEMBER 18, 1941
TO: HARRIMAN
        LONDON
 
        PRODUCTION SCHEDULES OF TANKS IN THIS COUNTRY WILL 
NOT BE BELOW SCHEDULES. IN FACT DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN 
TO INCREASE THEM ABOVE SCHEDULES. WILL ADVISE YOU MONDAY 
OR TUESDAY OF TOTAL NUMBER OF TANKS BY DESIGN AND MONTH 
THAT CAN BE EXPORTED FROM THE COUNTRY IRRESPECTIVE OF 
SOURCE OF FUNDS.                                                    
 
        IMPORTANT THAT YOUR MISSION IN COOPERATION WITH 
OTHERS JOINTLY DETERMINE ON DISTRIBUTION OF OUR EXPORTABLE 
TANKS.
 
       ALL THAT I HAVE SAID ABOUT TANKS APPLIES EQUALLY
TO AIRPLANES. NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE BY THE GOVERMENT
RELATIVE TO DISTRIBUTION OF BIG BOMBERS AFTER JANUARY FIRST.
WILL ADVISE YOU AT AN EARLY DATE RELATIVE TO NUMBER OF
FOUR ENGINE BOMBERS THAT CAN BE EXPORTED FROM JANUARY FIRST
TO JULY FIRST 1942.
 
      ALTOGETHER PROPER THAT YOU SHOULD DISCUSS WITH STALIN
VICTORY PROGRAM.
 
      DO N0T WISH YOU TO DELAY YOUR TIME OF DEPARTURE.
INFORMATION SHOULD REACH YOU BY THE TIME Y0U ARE IN MOSCOW.
 
     AGREE WITH YOU THAT OFFERS TO RUSSIA BY ENGLAND
AND UNITED STATES SHOULD BE SPECIFIC.
Text Version
