BRITISH EMBASSY 
 
      WASHINGTON, D.C.
 
      
 
 
28th February, 1942.
 
      
 
 
Dear Mr. President,
 
      
 
 
     With the completion of the secretarial arrangements for 
      the Combined Chiefs of Staff 
 
      Committee, the Secretariat of the Combined Chiefs of Staff have 
      agreed that it would simplify matters considerably if the distribution 
      of all British documents concerning the military situation to 
      the United States authorities were undertaken in its entirety 
      by the American section of the Combined Secretariat, and if accordingly 
      the direct distribution of any such papers by this Embassy were 
      to cease.
 
      
 
 
     Such an arrangement will obviate possible misunderstandings 
      and overlapping, and should also accelerate the distribution 
      of individual papers. In view of the adoption of this procedure 
      I would therefore/
 
      
 
 
The Honourable
 
      Franklin D. Roosevelt,
 
      President of the United States of America,
 
      Washington, D.C.