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SUPPLY OF MATERIAL FOR TURKEY.
Notes on a Discussion at the U.S. War Department
on Monday, August 25th, 19*1.
PRESENT* Col. C.W. Bundy. Lt. Col. F.W. Vogel.
Col. D. Wilson. Maj. R.A. Bramwell Davis
Major CD. Silverthorne.
1. A list of items was produced which had
been extracted from outstanding demands of material for
Turkey.    The chief items in the list were as follows
Ambulances.
Sets of high-speed equipment for 155 nun. howitzers.
Limbers for 155 nun. howitzers.
Ammunition for 155 nun. howitzers.
Certain other types of Field and Pack artillery
wtet weapons.
Signal equipment.
A long list of miscellaneous items including
bedsteads and articles of persons! equipment.
2. Colonel Bundy asked the policy of the
British as regards supplies for Turkey.    I informed him
that it was our policy to provide whatever we could for
Turkey within the limited resources at our disposal.
The chief principle being to maintain a steady flow, even
though small, in order to make evident to the Turks our
goodwill and our intention to produce material assistance
to the best of our ability.   I further stated that I
understood that the U.S. State Department were in general
agreement with our Foreign Office as regards a policy
on the above lines.

Colonel Bundy said that he fully appreciated
our views and the importance of doing our utmost to
retain the goodwill and possible active assistance of
Turkey; in this connection he stressed the strategic
importance of Turkey to the Uiddle East and stated that he
had discussed this matter in considerable detail with
Brigadier Dykes (Director of Plans, War Office) at the
recent meeting between the President and the Prime Minister.
He further stated that he had asked for a discvision
with a representative of the Joint Staff Mission on these
items only to be quite certain that in releasing material
for Turkey the U.S. Staff wee following a policy that
coincided with our views.
3. After discussion it was agreed that G.4 Division
should be asked to state which of the items in the list
under discussion were immediately available without prejudice
to other supply, and that th-.se items were to be dispatched
as soon as possible.     It was thought that ammunition for
155 mm. howitzers could not probably be made available,
nor would the field artillery weapons, other then the
fittings and limbers for 155 mm. howitzers.
It was further agreed that in the event of
difficulty over future lists of requirements for Turkey
or elsewhere there should be immediate discussion between
us (Joint Staff Mission) and the War Plans Division, U.S. War
Department, aid that each item in the list should be
considered nn its merits and a decision made in accordance
with availability and within the terms of the policy
outlined above (para. 2.)
4. Colonel Wilson asked if we had any further
information from London regarding the progress of talks
with the Turkish Staffs.   I said that we hoped for
something on this subject very soon and we would
Xeep them informed as soon as we were in a position
to do so»
Lt. Colonel.
25th August 1941.