DRAFT
 
FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE GENERALISSIMO
 
     In my judgment it is of the highest importance steps be
taken to prepare the way for our common action against our common
enemy. To this and I respectfully suggest that you call a joint
military conference to take place in hungking not later than
December seventeenth to exchange information and to consider the
military and naval action particularly in Eastern Asia which may
most effectively be employed to accomplish the defeat of Japan
and her allies. 
     I suggest that the conferees consist of representatives of
Ahina, Great Britain, the Dutch, United States and the U.S.S.R.,
and I am prepared to designate at once Major General George H.
Brett as representative of the United States assisted by
Brigadier General John Magruder.
     It is my thought that this conference arrive at a concrete
preliminary plan and that this plan be communicated in the
greates confidence to me by Saturday, December twentieth.
     It should also be communicated by the Russian, British and
Dutch representatives in the utmost secrecy to their respective
Governments.
     While your preliminary conference is meeting in Chungking, I
am asking the British to hold a military and naval conference in
Singapore to include Chinese, American and Dutch officers and
report operational plans as they see the situation in the
Southern zone.
     I am also asking Mr. Stalin to talk with the Chinese,
American and