“Roosevelt”53 pages
- p. 5 …Imprint
N March 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote to the
Director of the Bureau of…
- p. 138 …1939-4I
N 28 January 1938 President Roosevelt declared our national
defenses inadequate in the face…
- p. 141 …changed our requirements
for defensive aviation,” President Roosevelt strongly urged that $300,-
ooo,ooo be appropriated…
- p. 153 …When President Roosevelt initiated the move toward re-
I 16
- p. 160 …T h e first step was made public on 3 September 1940 when President
Roosevelt revealed…
- p. 165 …These sentiments were expressed by President Roosevelt in a radio
address on 3 September: “This Nation…
- p. 169 …In an address to Congress on 6 January 1941, President
Roosevelt suggested the means; 9 5…
- p. 170 …O n 9 July 1941, President Roosevelt requested the secretaries of
W a r and the…
- p. 171 …The British had prepared, a t the instigation of President Roosevelt,
an estimate of munitions requirements…
- p. 173 …At the Roosevelt-Churchill conference at
sea in mid-August, Generals Marshall and Arnold had made…
- p. 174 …cent; other
nations, 10 per cent.'"
President Roosevelt, anxious that as many planes as possible be…
- p. 185 …President Roosevelt’s request for the report had been
motivated wholly by considerations of logistics. But…
- p. 199 …On 5 July 1941
President Roosevelt, in oral orders to the Army Chief of Staff and…
- p. 220 …and it carried a threat which President Roosevelt
described in terms of the greatest danger faced…
- p. 258 …conflict between Japan and the
U.S. Roosevelt attempt curve our independence stop we all know…
- p. 273 …President Roosevelt specifically directed that reinforcements
should be sent there with all speed, and MacArthur was…
- p. 282 …President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill with their chiefs
of staff, then meeting in Washington, had…
- p. 287 …evening, the British
party met with President Roosevelt and his military and civilian
advisers a t…
- p. 297 …O n 3 January President Roosevelt sent Mr. Stimson a list of muni-
tions, with a…
- p. 301 …In his address to
the Congress on 6 January, President Roosevelt promised that “we
shall not…
- p. 302 …Ultimate decisions on major
military policies were taken by President Roosevelt, as Commander
in Chief of…
- p. 304 …Leahy as personal chief of staff to President
Roosevelt in place of Admiral Stark.'* It was…
- p. 322 …given to the nation by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in a radio address on 9 D e…
- p. 331 …At the end of January, President Roosevelt
advised the President of Venezuela that, in deference to…
- p. 332 …During the course of a fireside report to the nation delivered by
President Roosevelt on 2…
- p. 352 …Secretary Stimson
reported to President Roosevelt his conviction that the planes from
even one carrier could…
- p. 366 …raised objections
which seemed convincing.8 President Roosevelt decided to adopt the
more modest proposal of…
- p. 370 …Elliott Roosevelt during the
summer on an aerial survey of the east coast of Greenland in…
- p. 400 …Elliott Roosevelt and others failed
to locate a suitable site for an airdrome.120A satisfactory site…
- p. 409 …mobilizing the resources of the airlines, President
Roosevelt had signed an executive order on 13 December…
- p. 465 …for effective
resistance in the Philippines, President Roosevelt had decided early in
February that the general…
- p. 480 …the basis of a proposal by President Roosevelt: there would
be a separate Southwest Pacific Area…
- p. 499 …Apparently
President Roosevelt himself played a role in initiating the expedition,
although it is not possible…
- p. 553 …Lauchlin Currie had gone to
China as economic adviser to President Roosevelt for study of her…
- p. 630 …in a long cable from Churchill to Roosevelt, delivered
on 5 March, in which the Prime…
- p. 632 …plan was approved in principle by President Roosevelt, and on
8 April General Marshall and Harry…
- p. 633 …message of 1 7 April, in-
formed Roosevelt of his approval of the design; his sole…
- p. 635 …A fortnight later, the Joint Chiefs
of Staff were alarmed by a query from Roosevelt as…
- p. 640 …in Norway-and they understood that President Roosevelt’s
anxiety to get U.S. troops into…
- p. 641 …On 8 July the Prime
Minister informed Roosevelt that conditions favorable to SLEDGE-
HAMMER would probably…
- p. 642 …on the ~ 4 t h . ~ ‘Ap-
parently Roosevelt gave his tentative approval in a telephone conver…
- p. 753 …This book shows the
close relations between Roosevelt and
the Committee T o Defend America by…
- p. 755 …Address by President Roosevelt at
Washington, 27 Oct. 1941, in Peace and
War, pp. 767-72…
- p. 756 …Ltr., Roosevelt to Stimson, 18
Sept. 1941,in WP I-General.
I I I . Release of…
- p. 774 …Memo for Roosevelt from Stim-
son, 14 Mar. 1942.
163. lbid.
164. History, Sixth Air Force…
- p. 776 …Elliott Roosevelt,
zIst Recon. Sq. to TAG, 8 Sept. 1941;
memo for Col. Olds from Capt…
- p. 779 …Elliott
Roosevelt to TAG, 6 July 1941; Atlantic
Bridge, pp. 27-29.
117. Ltr., Sec. of…
- p. 780 …Elliott Roosevelt to T A G , 3 Aug. 1941
(Report # 3 ) ; ltr., Capt. Elliott Roosevelt
to…
- p. 782 …Memo for S / W from President
Roosevelt, 6 May 1942, in ATC 321.
199. On the…
- p. 790 …Mills to TAG, Mac-
Arthur for Roosevelt, 11 Feb. 1942; msg.
#5, Australia to Marshall, 2…
- p. 802 …President Roosevelt had approved
the induction as early as 18 December
1941, contingent upon approval of…
- p. 857 …See also Coolidge;
Harding; Roosevelt; Wilson.
Presque Isle, 344, 347-49, 641, 644-45
Press comment…
- p. 858 …Erwin, 330, 339-41, 512
Roosevelt, Capt. Elliott, 3 18, 344
Roosevelt, Pres. F.D., 101…
N O T E S T O P A G E S 3 1 6 - 2 1
Between the United States of America,
Great Britain, ard Canada Concerning
the Defense of Newfoundland, Signed
March 27, 1941, Exec. Agreement Series
235 (Washington, 1942).
27. Memo for Comdr. D.W. Tomlin-
son from Gen. Arnold, 1 3 May 1941.
28. Air Transport Command in Cen-
tral Africa and the Middle East, Pt. I
(29 May 1941-30 June 194t), pp. 5-18;
AAF Reference History No. 8, The
AAF in the Middle East: A Study of
the Origins of the Ninth Air Force, pp.
1-15; Stettinius, Lend-Lease, pp. 146-48.
29. Memo for Chiefs of All Divs.
from Col. G.E. Stratemeyer, 1 2 May
1941; memo for Comdr. Tomlinson from
Gen. Arnold, 1 3 May 1941; ltr., Maj.
E.R. Quesada to Mr. Dean G. Acheson,
Asst. Sec. of State, 1 3 May 1941.
30. Memo for Comdr. Tomlinson
from Gen. Arnold, 1 3 May 1941;memo
for Gen. Brett from Comdr. Tomlinson,
15 May 1941; memos for record, G.E.S.
[Col. G.E. Stratemeyer], 14, 15, 16 May
1941,in AAG 373.tA.
3 1 . Memo for record, G.E.S., 2 3 May
1941;memo for C/S from Gen. Arnold,
24 May 1941;CM-OUT, Arnold to Mili-
t a r y Attachk, London, 24 May 1941;
R&R, Exec. OCAC to Col. Ferson, 2 5
May 1941;ltr., Gen. Arnold to Mr. Juan
Trippe, 27 May 1941; all the above in
AAG 373.2A.
3 2 . William A.M. Burden, T h e
Struggle for Airways in Latin America
(New York, 1943)~pp. 23, 26-35, 54-6q;
Oliver J. Lissitzyn, International A i r
Transport and National Policy, Studies
in American Foreign Relations No. 3
(New York, 194z), pp. 310, 352; Matthew
Josephson, Empire of t h e Air, Juan
T r i p p e and t h e Struggle f o r W o r l d Air-
w a y s (New York, 1943), pp. 30-31, 61-
76, 149-62. A useful summary of the
development of commercial aviation in
South America is given in History, South
Atlantic Div., Pt. I , pp. 55-69.
3 3 . Contract between U.S.A. and Pan
American Airports Corp., z Nov. 1940;
A Consolidated Brief of the Agreements
and Contracts Constituting the Airport
Development Program (ADP), in ATC
Plans Div. files; History, South Atlantic
axordance with British usage, while the
latter-which is true ferrying-became
known as air transport or air uansporta-
tion.
13. R&R, Gen. Arnold to Gen. Brett,
3 Apr. 1941; memo for AS/W from Gen.
Brett, 25 Apr. 1941;memo for DC/S for
Air from Col. G.E. Stratemeyer, 16 May
1941; memo for DC/S for Air from
OCAC, 29 May 1941.
14. Administrative History, Ferrying
Command, 2 9 May 1941-30 June 1942,
pp. 27-30; History, FC Operations, 29
May-7 Dec. 1941,pp. 18, 33-34.
1 5 . History, FC Operations, 29 May-7
Dec. 1941,pp. 29-32. See especially Table
1, P. 30.
16. Ibid., p. 3 2 .
17. See source cited in n. I I ; Admin-
istrative History, Ferrying Command,
29 May 1941-30 June 1942, pp. 10-12.
18. Zbid., pp. 30-35; History, FC Op-
erations, 29 May-7 Dec. 1941,pp. 4 6 5 7 ;
Pilot’s Report, Trip # I ; CoPilot’s Report,
Trip # I ; memo for C/AAF from AC
Ferrying Command, 2 3 Oct. 1941.
19. Report, Capt. Elliott Roosevelt,
zIst Recon. Sq. to TAG, 8 Sept. 1941;
memo for Col. Olds from Capt. J.H.
Rothrock, 6 Sept. 1941.
2 0 . Flight Report, Trip #14, Special
Mission # I , 1 3 Sept.-3o Oct. 1941.
2 1 . Pilot’s Report, Trip # I S , Special
Mission $ 2 ; History, FC Operations, 29
May-7 Dec. 1941,pp. 65-68.
22. E.R. Stettinius, Jr., Lend-Lease,
W e a p o n for Victory, p. 93.
23. Distances given, expressed in
round numbers, are taken from route
maps in various pilot handbooks pub-
lished by h A F Aeronautical Chart
Service.
24. History, South Atlantic Div., Pt.
z (May-Nov. 1942), pp. 5 6 6 3 .
2 5 . R&R, C/AS to OCAC Intel., 2 1
Oct. 1941;R&R, OCAC Intel. to ACFC,
29 Oct. 1941; History, South Atlantic
Div., Pt. I , pp. 128-30.
26. U.S. Dept. of State, Leased Naval
and A i r Bases: Agreement and Exchanges
of Notes Between the United States of
America and Great Britain and Protocol