The phrase "a draft memo" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a preliminary version of a memorandum that is not yet finalized.
Example: "I have prepared a draft memo outlining the key points for our upcoming meeting."
Alternatives: "a preliminary memo" or "a rough memo."
In a draft memo sent to Cameron just a month earlier, Hunt said opponents to the takeover should be ignored and that Murdoch's son James, the former chairman of BSkyB, was angry the matter had been referred to regulators.
The walkout came after Ms. Marinova obtained a draft memo written by a board member that contained proposed guidelines for the newspaper.
A law clerk who submitted a draft memo could expect to watch the judge draw lines through passive language and circle split infinitives.
Few Brits knew whether the Swiss were fellow EU members or that a draft memo in Brussels would not automatically become British law.
In fact, a draft memo included in a training manual for workers describes employment as a "secondary goal" at the job centers.
As mass demonstrations and legal challenges to the ban mounted, a draft memo circulated around foreign missions strongly dissented against Trump's executive order.
A separate draft memo, marked top secret and dated 2005, reveals a proposed NSA procedure for spying on the citizens of the UK and other members of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance – Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
CBS News's John Miller secured a State Department draft memo that he said suggested that several internal investigations were "manipulated, influenced, or simply called off" by department big shots.
A leaked draft memo from the investigation team published by Reuters in October suggested some individuals might have come forward for financial gain.
The staff recommendation is in a detailed draft memo of more than 100 pages that is being shared with the five F.T.C. commissioners, said two people briefed on the inquiry.
Mora delivered an unsigned draft memo to Haynes, and said that he planned to "sign it out" that afternoon — making it an official document — unless the harsh interrogation techniques were suspended.
