July 15, 1942.
 
MEMORANDUM FOR
                    
                    GENERAL MARSHALL
                    ADMIRAL KING
                    HON. HARRY L. HOPKINS
 
SUBJECT:   INSTRUCTIONS FOR BONDON CONFERENCE - JULY, 1942.
 
     1. O.K.
     2. The military and naval strategic changes have been
so great since Mr. Churchill's visit to Washington that it 
becomes necessary to reach immediate agreement on joing
operational plans between the British and ourselves along
two lines:
     (A)  Definite plans for the balance of 1942.
 
     (B)  Tentative plans for the year 1943 which, of
     course, will be subject to change in the light of 
     occurences in 1942, and which should be initiated
     at this tine in all cases involving preparation
     in 1942 for operations in 1943.
 
     3.
     
     (A)  The common aim of the United Nations must be 
     the defeat of the Axis Powers.  There cannot be 
     compromise on this point.
     
     (B)  We should concentrate our efforts and avoid
     dispersion.
 
     (C)  Absolute coordinated use of British and American
     forces is essential.
 
     (D)  All available U.S. and British forces should be 
     brought into action as quickly as they can be profitably
     used.
 
     (E)  It is of the highest importance that U.S. ground
     troops be brought into action against the enemy in 
     1942.