“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 4 8 2 - 9 0
Brett reports; CM-IN-6753 (5-24-42),
MacArthur to C/S, #798, 24 May 1942.
30. See sources in n. 29.
31. CM-IN-5228 (7-15-42), GHQ to
C/S #CIIO, 1 5 July 1942; interview with
Maj. Tom A. Montgomery, in History,
ASC in SWPA; Hq. US. Army Air
Services to C G AAF, 7 July 1942, ibid.;
AAF, #89, 1 5 July 1942; CM-IN-0998
July 1942; interview with Capt. Vincent
L. Snyder (19th Bomb. Gp.).
32. It should be noted that General
MacArthur had felt as early as May that
his air force could be strengthened by
reorganization. Since this reorganization
did not begin until August 1942, it will
be discussed in a subsequent volume.
(Msg., Arnold to C G USAFIA, 10 May
1942; CM-IN-8604 [6-26-42], GHQ
SWPA to AGWAR, #74, 26 June 1942;
C M - I N - ~ I ~ O Z[6-30-4~1, GHQ SWPA
to AGWAR, #260, 30 June 1942.)
33. CM-l’N-1697 (8-5-42), MacArthur
to C/S, 3 Aug. 1942.
CM-IN-5037 (7-15-42). GHQ to C G
(7-3-42), GHQ to C G A M , #A159 3
NOTES TO CHAPTER 14
I. History, Hq. Tenth Air Force,
1942; memo for C/S from AAF Hq., 20
Feb. 1942; CM-OUT-29, AGWAR to
Brereton, #AF 2/442, 2 5 Feb. 1942; CM-
O U T , AGWAR to Brereton, #AF 3/7,
I Mar. 1942; CM-IN, Brereton to Arnold,
6 Mar. 1942.
2 . The road from Haiphong, Indo-
China, to Yunnan was closed by the
Vichy government in 1940 under pressure
from the Japanese. (Edward R. Stettinius,
Jr., Lend-Lease, Weapon for Victory, p.
111.)
3. Ibid., p. 109.
4. Instructions given General Clagett
may be found in ltr., C/S to Brig. Gen.
H.G. Clagett, Philippine Dept., 29 Mar.
194’-
5 . For formation and implementation
of the policy of air aid to China, see
AAG 000-800,l’ndia-China and 450, India-
China; also, n. 4, in AAF Historical
Study No. 12, The Tenth Air Force,
1942, chap. i.
7 2 4
6. Daniel Arnstein, Marco Hellman,
and Harold Davis, traffic and trucking
experts, reached Chungking in July.
John Baker, another American, was made
administrator of the Burma Road.
Largely as a result of their efforts the
tonnage leaving Lashio monthly for China
was increased from 4,000 early in 1941 to
15,000 by November. This included gas
used by the trucks en route. (Stettinius,
Lend-Lease, pp. I I I ff.)
7. Ibid., p. 116; memo for C/S by
Brig. Gen. L.T. Gerow, Acting AC/S,
WPD, 26 Aug. 1941.
8. For the relationship that the
Magruder mission was to bear to Chen-
nault’s AVG, see memo for Lauchlin
Currie from Oscar Cox, Lend-Lease
Administration, 2 8 Nov. 1941.
9. Claire L. Chennault, “Role of De-
fensive Pursuit,” Coast Artillery Journal,
Nov.-Dec. 1933, pp. 411-17; Jan.-Feb.
10. Stettinius, Lend-Lease, p. 115.
I I . See above, n. 5 .
1 2 . Memo for C/S from Gen. Spaatz,
C/AS, 3 Dec. 1941.
13. Army Air Force Study Pertain-
ing to Proposed Reinforcement of China
with Army Air Force Units for the Pur-
pose of Assisting the Chinese to Resist
the Possible Japanese Attack Against
Kunming, 20 Nov. 1941.
14. Memo for C/S from Gen. Spaatz,
C/AS, 3 Dec. 1941.
1 5 . Information on A V G operations
has been gathered from many fragmen-
tary sources such as cable messages
(British and American), letters, diaries,
interviews, and popular books. No of-
ficial source exists, but it is believed that
the material included here is as accurate
as it has been practicable to make it
without a far more extensive study than
is appropriate for this work.
16. British msg. #Wtooj57, ABDA-
COM (from Wavell) to W a r Office, 26
Jan. 1942; Brit. msg. #DBA 1 1 , CCS to
ABDACOM, 6 Feb. 1942.
17. Brit. msgs. #77801 and #78144,
W a r Office to Brit. Army Staff, Wash-
ington, 2 2 and 24 Mar. 1942; Brit. msg.
#78310, GOC BURMA to Brit. Army
1934, pp. 7-1 I ; Mar.-Apr. 1934, pp. 87-93.