9 October 1941.
 
From:             Mr. Harriman
To:                 The President of the United States and
                       Mr. Hopkins.
 
     Beaverbrook and I agreed with Stalin to furnish 
him 400 airplanes per month for period October to June both in-
clusive, the British to furnish 200 fighters per month and the 
United States to make available 100 fighters and 100 bombers per 
month.                                                            
 
            It is essential that shipments in these amonts be 
initiated at once; To carryout our part of this agreement British 
have agreed with us to divert from their share in both Lease-lend 
contracts and their own contracts, during the first part of this 
period up to 300 A 20's provided the borrowed planes can be returned 
to the British in like amounts from our later productions as soon 
as possible, and provided the number borrowed from them is kept to 
absolute minimum necessary to insure our fulfilling our agreements.
 
           After examining characteristics of the 0 trajector 52
the Soviets definitely concluded they can not use this type and do 
not desire it to be shipped to them; They are very doubtful of be-
ing able to use the 29 traJector due to its inadequate speed, de-
fensive arament and armor, All their operations are in face of 
fighter opposition even over Black Sea. Their urgent request was 
for bombers with a radius of action of about 375 miles with bomb
load