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(Untitled), 17 Apr 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/73/115-117

Scope and Contents

Telegram from the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] to WSC regarding immediate British war needs: comments on United States Air Force suggestions for getting planes to India; questions the viability of a naval concentration in the Ceylon [later Sri Lanka] area using mixed forces and suggests that consideration be given to the temporary American replacement of British Home Fleet units.

Dates

  • Creation: 17 Apr 1942

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Language of Materials

English