The phrase "a memorandum arguing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a formal document that presents a case or viewpoint on a specific issue or topic.
Example: "The committee submitted a memorandum arguing for the need to increase funding for the arts program."
Alternatives: "a memo advocating" or "a document contending".
A research team at Office of Strategic Services, led by Mr. Abramovitz, wrote a memorandum arguing that the Morgenthau plan would destroy German's capacity to export and, therefore, leave it unable to pay for food and other essential imports.
In 2012, President Barack Obama issued a memorandum arguing that the federal government "should act as a model in responding to the effects of domestic violence on its workforce".
In 2012, President Barack Obama issued a memorandum arguing that the federal government "should act as a model in responding to the effects of domestic violence on its workforce". He directed the government to issue guidance on addressing domestic violence in the federal workplace.
Already, over 1000 State Department officials and US diplomats have signed a "dissent memorandum" arguing that the order would sour US relationships with the Muslim world and will not prevent terror attacks.
Carney quoted an internal ORHA memorandum arguing that the organization "is not being treated seriously enough by the command given what we are supposed to do".
Judge Alex Kozinski, a member of the Ninth Circuit appeals court, drafted and distributed an 18-page legal memorandum arguing that the monitoring was a violation of anti-wiretap statute.
A post-Election Day memorandum arguing that he deserves some credit for helping to make Mr. Obama the nation's 44th president cannot hurt.
Mr. Johnson produced his own secret memorandum arguing for a more flexible interpretation of who could be detained under the laws of war — now or in the future.
Citing the United Nations Convention Against Torture, the memorandum argued that a broad range of interrogation techniques, among them forced standing, hooding, subjection to loud noises and deprivation of sleep, food and drink, might be inhumane but did not constitute torture unless they resulted in "prolonged mental harm".
In March of that year Mr. Rusk, in another secret memorandum, argued against authorizing a further enlargement of the American ground force in Vietnam and advocated a cutback in the American bombing of North Vietnam.
The memorandum argued that nothing short of the pain associated with organ failure constituted illegal torture.
