THE WHITE HOUSE
 
      WASHINGTON
 
      
 
 
January 8, 1948
 
      My dear Winston:
 
      Our good friend, General Sikorski, has been urging us to assign 
      at least six B-24 aircrafts for the maintenance of his liason 
      with Poland.
 
      
 
 
I have just written him that the United States cannot take 
      action on his request without jeopardizing basic agreements in 
      which the United States and great Britain have each accepted 
      the various theaters of operations. In accordance with these 
      agreements, Poland is within a British theater of operations 
      and responsibility.
 
      
 
 
I feel, however, that his proposal has a great deal of merit, 
      and I told him, therefore, that I would refer the matter to you, 
      with the request that you give it all possible consideration. 
      It was my thought(which I did not, however, convey to him) that 
      you might perhaps be able to spare him six out of the total of 
      398 B-24's allocated from U.S. production under the recent Arnold-Evill-McCain-Patterson 
      agreement.
 
      
 
 
Sincerely yours,
 
      FRANKLIN D. R00SEVELT
 
      The Right Honorable Winston Churchill,
 
      Prime Minister
 
      London, England.
 
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      By Deputy Archivist of the U.S.