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and utilized in whatever manner is best designed to achieve the
common purpose namely the defeat of the enemy.
     The first essential is that there should be leadership and
that there should be a definite policy. The leadership should
come from President Roosevelt with his unrivaled prestige and
authority. The policy should be formulated between the President
and the Prime Minister between whom the closest contact should be
maintained in its development in the light of events. The policy
should cover the military, political and economic fields. It
should deal both with our immediate problems and our long range
planning. It should visualize the war as a whole and should
provide for the allocation and utilization of the total land, sea
and air forces and the resources and supplies of the allies in
whatever manner is necessary to achieve the common objective.
     Having determined the policy it will then be the task of
leadership to persuade the powers associated with us to accept
and implement it.
     This implementation would involve the acceptance of the
allocation and utilization of the allies for the time being
limited resources in the carrying out of the policy agreed upon.
                                             In order