April 24, 1942 MEMORANDUM FOR MR. LOVETT: You remember some time ago the Army took 25 planes from the airlines, as I recall you put those recently into the Army service and sent to the African Ferry Service 25 planes belonging the Army in their stead. Today I have a memorandum dated April 22 stating that the total number of planes in thetransport service in the African- Asiatic Ferry routes are 37, of which 10 are in China, 17 in India, 2 en route and 4 scheduled to leave. I don't quite understand these figures because I assured you has substantial number oftransports in Africa itself going back and forth between Cairo and Takoradi. Harry L. Hopkins |