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IT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD THEREFORE THAT THE ABOVE LIST
 
IS A MINIMUM WHICH I BELIEVE CAN BE FURTHER INCREASED.
 
     IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE YOU AIRPLANE FIGURES TODAY BUT
 
BELIEVE PROPOSAL MADE BY BRITISH IS REASONABLE.  DETAILS
 
HOWEVER MUST BE WORKED OUT AND THESE WILL BE CABLED TO 
 
YOU TO MOSCOW IMMEDIATELY.
 
     PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS CABLE AND REPEAT FIGURES
 
TO BE SURE THERE IS NO MISTAKE
 
     IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT IN THE LIGHT OF THE ABOVE
 
TANK FIGURES THAT MORE THAN 250 A MONTH SHOULD BE MADE
 
AVAILABLE TO RUSSIA.  BELIEVE PUBLIC OPINION HERE TO AID
 
RUSSIA IMPROVING BUT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE PRESENT TO 
 
GIVE YOU DEFINITE INSTRUCTIONS AS TO METHOD OF FINANCING
 
ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO DOUBT IN HIS MIND THAT IT CAN BE 
 
FULLY WORKED OUT AND WE WILL KEEP YOU ADVISED.  JONES
 
HAS ALREADY POMISED TO ADVANCE ONE HUNDRED MILLION
 
DOLLARS FOR PURCHASE OF RAW MATERIALS FROM RUSSIA AND
 
THIS ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN AGREED TO BY RUSSIA.
 
     YOUR 4371 PARAGRAPH (D) NO COMMITMENT CAN BE MADE
 
AT THIS TIME RELATIVE TO TRANSFER OF LEND LEASE MATERIAL
 
BY BRITISH TO RUSSIA.  THAT POLICY IS DEPENDENT ON 
 
FINAL OUTCOME OF METHODS OF FINANCING ALL RUSSIAN
 
 
PURCHASES IN THE UNITED STATES.
 
     THIS WILL ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR CABLE ABOUT
 
ALUMINMUM.  ANY TENTATIVE FIGURES AS TO AMOUNTS OF
 
ALUMINUM TO BE REQUIRED IN RUSSIA SHOULD BE CABLED FROM
 
MOSCOW.  THE LIST OF MATERIAL WHICH PRESIDENT HAS
 
APPROVED BEFORE YOU LEFT WILL BE DELIVERED.  WILL SEND
 
YOU MOSCOW MONDAY CONFIRMING TELEGRAM GIVING PRECISE
 
DATES OF DELIVERY OF ALL THOSE MATERIALS.
 
     WILL ALSO CABLE YOU MONDAY PRECISE INFORMATION
 
RELATIVE TO "JEEPS" AND GARAND RIFLES.
 
                                                   HOPKINS