THE WHITE HOUSE
                           WASHINGTON
 
                                   March 16, 1942.
 
MEMORANDUM FOR
 
     THE SECRETARY OF WAR :
 
     I have your outline report of 
your visit to Panama. I approve 
the proposed steps for the greater 
security of the Canal. As I under-
stand it, all of the proposed steps 
are within  the jurisdiction of the 
War Department, with the exception 
of the problem of the east coast 
patrol. Please take this up with
the Secretary of the Navy and 
settle it.
 
      Please also take up with the 
Secretary of the Navy the problem 
of the type of radar or ASV. This 
is a technical matter which the 
technical people of the Army and 
Navy should determine at once.
 
               F. D. R.