THE WASHINGTON REPORTS OF ROBERT BRAND

I am very much obliged by your kind letter of March 20 with its enclosure confirming my appointment as Head of the Food Mission here and containing a memorandum of terms of reference of the Mission. I appreciate very sincerely the confidence you have shown me in asking me to be Head of the Mission. I need not say that I shall do my very utmost to fulfil this task satisfactorily as well as to carry out the duties involved in my membership of the British Supply Council in Washington. The problems arising out of the Lend-Lease Act, with which the Council has to deal, are novel and some important ones still await solution.