for some form of SLEDGEHAMMER. For this purpose not only the 
      scales of initial equipment and monthly maintenance should be 
      searchingly re-examined but the priorities of material and manpower 
      shipments from the United States to Great Britain should be adjusted 
      to the tactical situation likely to be presented at the target 
      date.
 
      
 
 
Winston Churchill (signed)
 
      25. 1. 45
 
      
 
 
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