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PREPARING office TO BE TRANSMITTEL 476 WILL INDICATE WHETHER SECRET Full rate TELEGRAM SENT CONFIDENTIAL Collect Day letter RESTRICTED Nightletter CLEAR Charge Department: Department of State AIRGRAM Full rate Day letter Night letter Washington, Charge to $ -2- final program would be determined in agreement with representatives of Combined Boards. Purpose of this procedure would be (1) to correlate delivery of Chinece goods to/India Ath capacity for delivery into of goods destined to chine save further transportation to China; (2) to make certain that supplies actually provided for China are those most urgently needed and that they are made available in order of their importance; (3) to ensure full coordination of orders placed in the United States and Great Britain to meet Chinese requiremente. British have suggested that American and British members of joint organization might be appointed from respective embassies, with authority to select others as necessay. Lend-Lease mission to be attached to General Stilwell'e headquarters will soon no proceed to China, and arrangements should be mado would sontemprite full cooperation between mission and screening organiza- tion. Lend-Lease has reco: nded that its mission constitute American representation in screening group. British note also states that representation of the Enciphered by "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND KECORDS Sent by operator M. 19 2 SERVICE

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