BS                                    London
This telegram must be 
c1osely paraphrased be-            Dated December 27, 1941
fore being communicated 
to anyone. (B)                        Rec'd 12:52 a.m.,28th
 
Secretary of State,
 
     Washington.
 
     5234, December 27, 7 a.m. (SECTION SEVEN)
 
     In addition to such specific problems the Execu-
 
tive has inevitably been concerned with general 
 
questions of organization.  Here the policy of coor-
 
dination has been carried right down the sub-
 
ordinate officials of the departments concerned
 
throughout the country providing all with general 
 
guidance, linking the police forces with the regional 
 
organization of the security service and with the 1ocal 
 
commands of the fighting forces and arranging
 
for the widest possible distribution within each ser-
 
vice of information on the activities of the others.
 
The assignment of departmental responsibilities has
 
led naturally to the delimitation of the functions of
 
their respective officials so that in each locality
 
the representatives of the various authorities may
 
work together as a team.
 
     Scope of the Executive's work.
 
     The scope of the executive's work may best be
 
illustrated by the attached list of subjects which 
 
                                            have been