US - NATIONAL ARCHIVES

File containing material on British-American efforts to compile a consolidated balance sheet so as to plan intelligently production and strategy, includes: letters to H.L. Stimpson, Secretary of War from Leslie Chance and Arthur Purvis, British Supply Council (BSC) in North America regarding Stacy May's mission to compile a balance sheet of US-British munitions production showing stocks of major items of war material, as of 30 June 1941 and expected quarterly production to end of 1942 for the US, UK and Canada. - Letter from John McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War to Harry L. Hopkins, that US production retard because machine tools exported to expedite production had retarded their own production levels. - Memo from Supply Priorities Allocation Board, US to Stimson , saying decision for substantial new appropriation had received approval. - Copy of American-British Productin programme 1942. - Letter to President from Lord Beaversbrook regarding the naval projects in contemplation with paper detailing how inadequate was the production of weapons in US, GB and Canada. - Memo from Roosevelt to War Production Board regarding his concern on airplane production figures, wanted100.000 planes delivered in 1943, a 60% increase on 1942 figures.

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