ATLANTIC FLEET                                                           
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FOLLOWING FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM THE PRIME MINISTER X HARRY RETURNED
DEAD BEAT FROM RUSSIA BUT IS LIVELY AGAIN NOW X WE SHALL GET HIM IN FINE
TRIM ON VOYAGE X WE ARE JUST OFF X IT IS 27 YEARS AGO TODAY THAT THE
HUNS BEGAN THEIR LAST WAR X WE ALL MUST MAKE GOOD JOB OF IT THIS TIME
X TWICE OUT TO BE ENOUGH X LOOK FORWARD SO MUCH TO OUR MEETING X
KINDEST REGARDS QUOTE ENDS FOLLOWING FROM MR HOPKINS FOR THE
PRESIDENT X QUOTE BRING PRODUCTION ESTIMATES OF TANKS AIRCRAFT BY
MONTH THROUGH 1942 X HOPE ARNOLD WILL COME WITH SOME STATISTICS OF
SUPPLIES TO MIDDLE EAST AND RUSSIA X GOOD WINE APPRECIATED PLENTY
LEMONS HAMS CIGARETTES FRUITS X AM WELL AND HAVE COMPLETE
INFORMATION ABOUT STRENGTH OF RUSSIAN FORCES XX HARRY XX END QUOTE
 
FROM: OPNAV
ACTION: PRESIDENT                       DATE: AUGUST 5, 1941