THE COMBINED CHIEFS OF STAFF WASHINGTON April 10, 1942 MEMORANDUM FOR MR. HARRY L. HOPKINS Action was taken by the Board April 8th on the Russian request for Transport airplanes. An assignment was made of 10 C-47 transports in May and 15 C-47 and 4 C-53 transports in June. The C-47 is the cargo and troop carrier, the C-53 a passenger transport. The Board considered it advisable to limit the firm commitment of transports to Russia to June in view of the impending extension of the Protocol. Additional trans- ports after June canbe included in the new Protocol. Correspondence attached to your memorandum of April 2 on this subject is returned as per your request. J. H.B J. H. Burns Major General, U.S. Army Executive Munitions Assignments Board April 14, 1942 Col. Jamieson telephoned this morning requesting that no action be taken on this. lmb |