18 SEPTEMBER 1941
 
FROM: HARRIMAN                                         
TO:    THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
COPY TO: HOPKINS
 
            DISCUSSIONS ON ALLOCATIONS TO RUSSIA HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN EASY BECAUSE OF DISAPPOINTMENT OF BRITISH
DUE TO:
            (A) REDUCED PRODUCTION SCHEDULES BELOW THEIR EXPECTATIONS
            (B) THEIR HAVING COUNTED ON RECEIVING MUCH OF WHAT WE
NOW OFFER TO ALLOCATE TO RUSSIA.
            AFTER A DETAILED ANALYS1S AND ARGUEMENT, THE PRIME
MINISTER, CONCURRED IN BY BEAVERBROOK MAKES THE FOLLOWING
SUGGESTIONS:
 
            (1) THE UNITED STATES TO OFFER RUSSIA TANKS AHD AIRCRAFT
EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THAT ALREADY PROMISED BY THE BRITISH NAMELY;
200 AIRCRAFT AND 250 TANKS PER MONTH OCTOBER THROUGH JUNE.                  
 
           (2) THIS EQUIPMENT TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FROM LEND-LEASE OR
UNITED STATES ARMY PURCHASES AS YOU MAY DETERMINE.
           
     (3) THAT THE TANK PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES BE SUB-
STANTIALLY INCREASED AS TO MEDIUM TANKS AND THAT THE PRODUCTION 
OF LIGHT TANKS BE CONTINUED AT PEAK PRODUCTION RATE WITH THE 
HOPE THAT IN ADDITION TO PRODUCTION FROM BRITISH CONTRACTS THE
BRITISH WILL RECEIVE MINIMUM OF 1,500 TO 2,000 OF EACH TYPE 
DURING THE PERIOD FROM EXPORTABLE SURPLUS. THIS 1S A HOPE, NOT