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The President to Former Naval Person
5/2/42
I refer to your personal and secret dispatch
number eighty five and feel that
comma following exchange of dispatches
between Admiral Pound and Admiral King
comma it is now essential for us to
acquiesce in your views regarding Russian
convoys but continue to hope that you
will be able to keep convoys at strength
of 35 ships para we propose to press
Russians to reduce requirements to absolute
essentials on grounds that preparations for
Bolero will require all possible munitions
and shipping
Roosevelt