WAR DEPARTMENT
                           WASHINGTON
 
                                        July 8, 1941.
 
Dear Mr. President:
 
                       I am sending you a compilation of some 
recent telegrams from our Military Attache in Cairo 
which I hope you will read without fail. I am sure 
they will interest you.
 
                       I am sure that you will understand 
after you have read them why I feel so keenly my re-
sponsibility to build up the efficiency of our own 
army and air force and not to subordinate its develop-
ment too far to our efforts to build up the British 
defense.
 
                       These cables should also tend to confirm 
your confidence in the good judgment of our own military 
advisers in respect to the proper relation between air 
and ground forces.
 
               Faithfully yours,
                    /s/ Henry L. Stimson
                    Secretary of War.
 
 
 
The President,
The White House.