(Untitled), 21 Mar 1942
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt]: comments on his loan of American shipping and release of the Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth and the Aquitania for British use; suggests that a further 9000 American troops be sent to Iceland; expresses pleasure at the level of shipping of American personnel; expresses anxiety at the level of air provision for the Levant-Caspian front and asks for American light bombers and fighters to be diverted to the Middle East.
Dates
- Creation: 21 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Former / Other Reference
T 440/2
Repository Details
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