MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
 
SUBJECT: Landing Craft for BOLERO Operations.
 
          1. Pursuant to the directions of the President, given at 
a conference in the White House at 2:30 P.M. May 6 at which 
the procurement of landing craft was discussed, the following 
report is submitted in answer to the questions:
 
          a. What can be done by September, 1942?
          b. What can be done by April, 1943?
 
               2. What can be done by September 1942?
     
                 The following landing craft can and will be available in 
the United Kingdom by early September 1942:
 
TYPE           BY U.S.   BY U.K.        TOTAL
 
ATL's     (328')         0         4              4
YTL's (105'-200')   45        151            196
TL's (50')          400       95             495
YR's (36')          400       202            602
Y's (36'-39')       400       195            595
 
     By that time the U.S. will have in the U.K. a total 
force of about 105,000 troops, including 3 Infantry Divisions, 
1 Armored Division, 6 Pursuit Groups, 2 Medium Bomber Groups 
and ll Heavy Bomber Groups.
 
               The landing craft listed above can carry a force of about 
21,000 men, 3,000 vehicles and 300 tanks.
 
     3. What can be done by April 1943?
 
               Present plans entail the launching of an assaulting force
of
                           76,500 men
                           18,380 vehicles
                            2,250 tanks
 
                 The British recommend the use of the following landing 
craft for this operation: