German aircraft factories are now producing between
six and seven thousand airplanes of all types annually,
but their potential production is not less than
seventeen thousand a year, without including additional
factories.
 
 These revelations are so startling to American
visitors who know something about our own industry that
at first they find it hard to believe and to grasp, but
they go away convinced of the truth of what I have said.
 
 It is difficult indeed for the officers here to
carry conviction through the written word as to the
magnitude of this affair, its quality, and above all the
rapidity and ease with which orders are placed, prototypes
furnished and production of new types begun. The very
difficulty with which the officers can carry conviction
to our Army and Navy on these matters leads me to
believe that it might be highly important for high
authorities in the Air Force, accompanied by the
necessary technicians, to come over and look at this
situation.
 
 Our officers here have the best relationship with
the German Air Force and producers. The Germans have
been consistently willing to show our people about and
give them the widest kind of knowledge. I firmly believe 
that we should take advantage of this and send