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                                   (h) Adequate anti-aircraft and 
fighter plane protection should be established at 
ports of assembly and unloading in the British Isles 
as well as at our own operating and repair bases.
 
                                   (I) Establish adequate advance air 
and destroyer operating and repair bases in Ireland 
and Scotland for the use of our Force. The units for
each base will have to be dispersed, be well camouflag-
ed, and have bomb proof protection against bombing
attacks. It is essential that we have a number of
small bases, rather than one or two large ones.
 
     4.         If the above procedure is followed 
with an adequate number of ships and planes for escort 
and attack groups, there should be no difficulty in 
successfully escorting shipping from the United States 
to the British Isles.
 
 
 
                                                    L. E. Denfeld
 
 
 
 
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