“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 5 0 4 - 7
WAR, $442, 3 Apr. 1942; minutes of
Administrative Planning Conference held
at Air Hq. (Delhi), 1 5 Mar. 1942, in
Ninth AF, Papers Relating to the USA-
AF in India, 1942; CM-IN-5611, AM-
MISCA to AGWAR, $831, 8 June 1942;
CM-IN-7824, Stilwell to AGWAR,
#AMMISCA 73, 28 May 1942.
68. Ltr., Brereton to Arnold, 24 June
1942; CM-IN-$194, Bissell to AGWAR,
sgd. Stilwell, #AMMISCA 707, 19 May
1942; interview with Lt. Col. John Al-
lison, 3 July 1943; interview with Noel
R. Bacon, 2 2 Apr. 1942; interview with
Maj. A.J. Baumler, 24 Mar. 1943; talk by
Col. M.C. Cooper in Gen. Johnson's Staff
Meeting, 2 3 Dec. 1942, sgd. by Maj. H.C.
Lint; interview with Maj. Marvin Mor-
ton, 16 Nov. 1943; talk by Col. E.C.
MacMorland, Ord. Dept., 1 2 Feb. 1943;
interview with Col. Homer L. Sanders,
June 1943; New York Times, 27 and 2 8
June 1942.
69. History, 341st Bomb. Gp., 1942-
43; History, 11th Bomb. Sq., 4 May
1942-31 May 1943; History, India-China
Ferry Command.
70. Histories, China Air Task Force,
341st Bomb. Gp., and 11th Bomb. Sq.
71. SO 64, Hq. American Army
Forces, China, Burma, and India, in His-
tory, USAAF India-Burma Sector,
China-Burma-India Theater; unrecorded
interviews by author with Col. C.A.
Snow, 12 May 1944, and Maj. Gen. Clay-
ton L. Bissell, 19 May 1944; Sanders
interview; notes taken during conference
between Cols. Robinson, Wyman,
Pope, 14 July 1942, at Chungking, in
History, USAAF hdia-Burma Sector;
interview with George L. Paxton, 2 8
Aug. 1942; interview with Albert E.
Nelson, Bendix rep., 24 June 1943; ltr.,
Arnold to Chennault, 6 Nov. 1942; CM-
IN-1758, Chungking to AGWAR, # 2 5 1 ,
72. Interview with Maj. George Ma:-
Millan, 5 Nov. 1942; interview with Col.
Robert L. Scott, 30 Apr. 1943; New York
Times, 3 Oct. 1942; ON1 Weekly, No.
24, 7 and 8 July 1942; CM-IN-1758,
Mayer to AGWAR, 6 July 1942.
73. R&R, Gen. George, A T C to
ACJAS, OC&R, 14 June 1942.
anq
6 July 1942.
7 2 7
CM-IN-0535, Gruber to AGWAR,
#AMMISCA 630, 3 May 1942; CM-IN-
2209, Brereton to AGWAR, #Aquila 736,
8 May 1942; CM-IN-1295, Stilwell to
AGWAR, #Aquila ZMR NR, 5 May
1942.
60. CM-OUT-~OZZ,Marshall to Stil-
well, #713, 24 May 1942; CM-IN-7037,
Stilwell to Marshall, #AMMISCA N R 61,
25 May 1942.
61. CM-IN, Brereton to Arnold,
#Aquila 89, 17 Mar. 1942; CM-OUT-57,
Ulio to Brereton, #AAF RC 165, 20
Mar. 1942; CM-OUT-1676, Marshall to
Brereton, #3z3, 4 May 1942.
62. CM-IN, Brereton to AGWAR,
#Aquila 131, 2 8 Mar. 1 % ~ .
63. President Roosevelt had approved
the induction as early as 18 December
1941, contingent upon approval of the
Generalissimo. (Memo for AS/W John
J. McCloy from Brig. Gen. Gordon P.
Saville, Dir. of Air Defense; CM-IN,
Magruder to AGWAR, #AMMISCA
161, 4 Jan. 1942; CM-IN-0629, Chung-
king to AGWAR, # # z , 3 Apr. 1942;
memo for Gen. Arnold from Lt. Col.
H.A. Halverson, 3 Feb. 1942; memo for
AC/S, W P D from AFDMR, 18 Mar.
1942; memo for AFRIT from WPD, 20
Mar. 1942; memo for Maj. Sigourney
from Lt. Col. R.J. Handy, Asst. Chief,
AFPMP, 23 Mar. 1942.)
64. CM-IN-2209, Brereton to AG-
WAR, #Aquila 736, 8 May 1942; CM-
OUT-2037, Marshall to Aquila, #332, 10
May 1942.
65. CM-IN-5592, Brereton to AG-
WAR, #438, 2 1 Apr. 1942; CM-OUT,
Marshall to Aquila, # n o , 23 Apr. 1942.
66. CM-IN-7824, Sfdwell to AG-
WAR, #AMMBCA 73, 28 May 1942.
Brereton was later told by Marshall that
HALPRO would be assigned to the
Tenth Air Force, but the Chief of Staff
gave no indication as to when the as-
signment would be made. (CM-OUT-
4614, Marshall to Stilwell and Brereton,
67. CM-IN, Magruder to AGWAR,
#AMMISCA 161,4 Jan. rgqz; CM-OUT-
0046, Marshall to Brereton, #93, I Apr.
#584, 19 June 1942.)
1942; CM-IN-0629, AMMISCA to AG-