Joseph E. Persico (70 page)

Gathering dust in one corner: Robert E. Sherwood,
Roosevelt and Hopkins,
pp. 203–204.

Removed from the President's desk: Doris Kearns Goodwin,
No Ordinary Time,
p. 289; Sherwood, p. 430.

“Never have I seen one. . . .”: Joseph E. Persico,
Edward R. Murrow,
p. 194.

“We're all in the same boat now”: ibid.

“They caught our ships like lame ducks! . . .”: Anthony Cave Brown,
The Last Hero,
p. 6.

Nearly 350 planes had been destroyed: Eric Larrabee,
Commander in Chief,
pp. 168–69.

“They caught our planes . . . !”: Persico,
Edward R. Murrow,
p. 194.

“It's a good thing. . . .”: Troy,
Donovan and the CIA,
p. 116.

“A member of my Embassy. . . .”:
The
“
Magic
”
Background of Pearl Harbor,
vol. 1,
February 14, 1941–May 12, 1941,
p. 5.

“Indications seem to be. . . .”: ibid.

“that adoption and application. . . .”: Larrabee, p. 84.

But FDR had stuck to: ibid., p. 85.

“I fully realize the difficulty. . . .”: Robert Thompson,
A Time for War,
pp. 372–73.

“It is absolutely necessary. . . .”:
The
“
Magic
”
Background of Pearl Harbor,
vol. 1, p. 22.

Behind this message: James MacGregor Burns,
Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom,
p. 155; Roberta Wohlstetter,
Pearl Harbor,
p. 349.

Popov came from a wealthy family: John F. Bratzel and Leslie B. Rout Jr., “Pearl Harbor, Microdots, and J. Edgar Hoover,”
The American Historical Review,
vol. 7, no. 5 (December 1982), p. 1343.

Abwehr officials were so pleased: ibid., pp. 1343–44.

It was then that Sam Foxworth: Curt Gentry,
J. Edgar Hoover,
p. 270.

The Japanese wanted to learn: Bratzel and Rout, p. 1345; Gentry, p. 269.

But his most specific instructions: Gentry, p. 269.

Popov was to travel to Hawaii: Bratzel and Rout, pp. 1349–50; Gentry, pp. 269–70.

“. . . [I]n the event of the United States. . . .”: Gentry, p. 270; Phillip Knightley,
The Second Oldest Profession,
p. 149.

The entire questionnaire: Bratzel and Rout, p. 1343.

“Mr. Hoover is a very virtuous man”: Gentry, p. 270.

He rented a penthouse: ibid.

Another FBI report had Popov: Bratzel and Rout, p. 1345.

“If I bend over to smell. . . .”: John Toland,
Adolf Hitler,
p. 270.

And he certainly was not going to let: Knightley, p. 150.

“I can catch spies. . . .”: Gentry, p. 270.

“I thought the President and you. . . .”: Bratzel and Rout, p. 1346.

“in connection with a current investigation. . . .”: ibid.

But, astonishingly, Hoover: ibid., p. 1348.

He was allowed to go to Rio: ibid., p. 1345.

Malcolm R. Lovell: Brown,
The Last Hero,
p. 191.

“If Japan goes to war. . . .”: PSF Box 128.

On November 13, Donovan: ibid.

“The deadline absolutely cannot. . . .”:
The
“
Magic
”
Background of Pearl Harbor,
vol. 1, p. A-89.

“A surprise aggressive movement. . . .”: ibid., p. A-90.

“We were likely to be attacked. . . .”: Wohlstetter, pp. 239–40.

“The question was how we should. . . .”: ibid., p. 240.

Two days later, FDR obtained: Thompson, p. 382.

The same day the President: PSF Box 59.

“This dispatch is to be considered. . . .”:
The
“
Magic
”
Background of Pearl Harbor,
vol. 1, p. A-117.

“Well, you two ambassadors. . . .”: Warren F. Kimball,
Churchill & Roosevelt,
p. 166;
The
“
Magic
”
Background of Pearl Harbor,
p. A-118.

“However, I do not wish. . . .”: ibid.

“. . . [W]e certainly do not want. . . .”: Kimball, p. 166.

The President should return to Washington: Burns,
Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom,
p. 158.

A Japanese task force: Christopher Andrew,
For the President's Eyes Only,
p. 113; Burns,
Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom,
p. 159.

“. . . Say very secretly to [the Germans]. . . .”: Andrew, p. 114.

“With regard to warships and aircraft. . . .”: Wohlstetter, p. 212.

He had arrived in Honolulu: Norman Polmar and Thomas B. Allen,
Spy Book,
p. 297.

Yoshikawa's assignment was to provide: Louis Allen, “Japanese Intelligence Systems,”
Journal of Contemporary History,
vol. 22 (June 1975), p. 551.

All the while, this apparently: ibid.

“one of the best brains . . .”: Polmar and Allen,
Spy Book,
p. 595.

“the bomb-plot message”: Wohlstetter, pp. 211, 213, 390.

The decrypt was not even forwarded: ibid., p. 390.

Yet, this particular decrypt: ibid.

Tokyo was demanding: ibid., p. 213.

“In case of emergency. . . .”:
The
“
Magic
”
Background of Pearl Harbor,
vol. 1, p. A-81.

“When this is heard. . . .”: ibid.

“[T]o prevent the United States. . . .”: ibid., p. A-1200.

“. . . [T]he presence in port of warships. . . .”: Brown,
The Last Hero,
p. 199.

While with hindsight the purpose: Wohlstetter, p. 214.

The President's demeanor: Andrew, p. 113.

The communication was strong evidence: Wohlstetter, p. 218.

His figures were off: Brown,
The Last Hero,
p. 199.

He could further report: Allen, p. 551.

“to restore traditional amity. . . .”: Grace Tully,
F.D.R., My Boss,
p. 253.

An embarrassed SIS officer: Andrew, p. 116.

“This means war”: ibid., pp. 116–17.

“we could not strike the first blow. . . .”: Wohlstetter, p. 273.

“No,” the President said: Burns,
Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom,
p. 161; Andrew, p. 117.

“The only geographical name. . . .”: Andrew, p. 117.

“an aggressive move by Japan. . . .”:
The
“
Magic
”
Background of Pearl Harbor,
vol. 1, p. A-117.

“a defense against sabotage. . . .”: Gordon Prange,
At Dawn We Slept,
p. 403.

Short chose number 1: Richard Gid Powers,
Secrecy and Power,
p. 245.

“hostile action possible at any moment”:
The
“
Magic
”
Background of Pearl Harbor,
vol. 1, p. A-119.

“should be carried out. . . .”: ibid.

For the previous two years: Richard Gid Powers, p. 246.

Still, the November 27 message: Polmar and Allen,
Spy Book,
p. 425.

To Bratton, this timing signaled: Spector, p. 95.

The Army Chief of Staff: ibid.

The message went first: Goodwin, p. 288.

The church bells announcing: Larrabee, p. 168; Spector, p. 95.

“[O]ur deceptive diplomacy is. . . .”:
NYT,
Dec. 9, 1999.

“No matter how long. . . .”: 77th Congress, Document No. 453.

“. . . there has now been revealed. . . .”: Charles Higham,
American Swastika,
p. 135.

Thus, soon after Pearl Harbor: Ladislas Farago,
The Game of the Foxes,
pp. 346–47.

“The most serious Cabinet session. . . .”: ibid., p. 346.

The spy was further able: ibid., pp. 345–47.

The blame for Pearl Harbor: Gentry, p. 296.

The truth, however, is: Spector, p. 2.

“After that things are. . . .”:
The
“
Magic
”
Background of Pearl Harbor,
vol. 1, p. A-89.

“the worst-informed ambassador. . . .”: Richard M. Ketchum,
The Borrowed Years, 1938–1941,
p. 767.

Admiral Stark's “Memorandum”: PSF Box 59.

“Many transports sighted. . . .”:
The
“
Magic
”
Background of Pearl Harbor,
vol. 1, p. A-117.

When, on December 2, Roosevelt: Andrew, p. 113.

This signal, however, meant: Wohlstetter, p. 219.

Yet, Hoover's visceral dislike: Gentry, pp. 269–73; Bratzel and Rout, Document D.

In effect, the President: Lyman B. Kirkpatrick Jr.,
Captains Without Eyes,
p. 89.

“[T]here was
nobody
in either. . . .”: Brown,
The Last Hero,
p. 200.

“We were likely to be attacked. . . .”: Wohlstetter, p. 239.

“. . . the strongest fortress in the world. . . .”: Spector, p. 2.

A major source supposedly: Commander I. G. Newman (ret.) Oral History Interview with Robert D. Ogg, p. 53, FDRL.

Ogg, it turns out: ibid., p. ii.

Newman asked Ogg if his superior: ibid., p. 50.

“My comment on that. . . .”: ibid.

“It could possibly be. . . .”: ibid., p. 53.

“I never made such mention. . . .”: ibid.

“. . . [D]uring those four or five days. . . .”: ibid., p. 58.

“kept an absolute radio silence”: ibid., p. 62.

“[R]adio silence
was
imposed. . . .”: ibid.

“Admiral Nagumo. . . .”: Spector, p. 99.

“Churchill was aware. . . .”: John Costello,
Days of Infamy,
p. 324.

“Churchill deliberately kept. . . .”: ibid.

He allowed Roosevelt: David Stafford,
Churchill and Secret Service,
p. 233.

Winant had spent three days: PSF Box 128.

“the United States enter the war. . . .”: M 1642, Reel 123, Frame 511.

What the Prime Minister concluded: Costello, p. 325.

“If Hitler had not made. . . .”: William Stevenson,
A Man Called Intrepid,
p. 301.

“. . . [T]he news on the 9
P.M.
wireless. . . .”: Andrew, p. 121.

“the wrong war. . . .”: Goodwin, p. 265.

chapter xi: secrets of the map room

“When Churchill and his staff. . . .”: Robert E. Sherwood,
Roosevelt and Hopkins,
p. 952.

“I must have a tumbler. . . .”: Doris Kearns Goodwin,
No Ordinary Time,
p. 302.

“He has,” Hambley wrote: Suckley, Binder 15.

“Your circulation is. . . .”: Martin Gilbert,
Winston S. Churchill,
Vol. 6, p. 714.

“I attach more importance. . . .”: Christopher Andrew,
For the President's Eyes Only,
p. 104.

“the geese who laid. . . .”: ibid.

An early Churchill name for: Warren F. Kimball,
Churchill & Roosevelt,
p. 214.

The Prime Minister accepted: David Stafford,
Churchill and Secret Service,
pp. 199–200.

The Americans saw of Ultra: ibid., p. 201.

“Some time ago,” he cabled: PSF Box 4.

“. . . danger of our enemies. . . .”: ibid.

On February 1 the German Navy: Stafford, p. 236; Andrew and Dilks,
The Missing Dimension,
p. 149.

“When I reflect. . . .”: Stafford, p. 236.

When U-boat torpedoes sank: Sherwood, p. 498.

“He liked to come and study. . . .”: Eric Larrabee,
Commander in Chief,
p. 21.

“When McCrea arrived. . . .”: David Kahn in George O. Kent, ed.,
Historians and Archivists,
p. 307.

“[I]f a stamp collector . . .”: Larrabee, p. 24.

“the patience with which he bore. . . .”: ibid.

McCrea attacked the President's order: William D. Leahy,
I Was There,
p. 999; Larrabee, pp. 21–23; William M. Rigdon,
White House Sailor,
pp. 8–11; Goodwin, pp. 310, 311.

“The Magic Book”: Larrabee, p. 22.

As Churchill had done in London: Rigdon, pp. 2, 3, 7.

Mrs. Roosevelt casually: ibid., p. 9.

“took to that sort of thing. . . .”: Larrabee, p. 22.

“Well, if they aren't. . . .”: Rigdon, pp. 10–11.

The President set up: Larrabee, p. 22.

In his first six months: Anthony Cave Brown,
The Last Hero,
p. 192.

They rained down: PSF Box 147.

“I'd be standing by. . . .”: interview with Edwin J. “Ned” Putzell, Nov. 29, 1999.

“one of the two Americans. . . .”: M 1642, Reel 48, Frame 1422.

“Whatever happens, America. . . .”: ibid.

“I think they still come under. . . .”: ibid., Frame 1423.

“. . . [P]erhaps you know. . . .”: PSF Box 147.

“Errol used to join me. . . .”: Charles Higham,
Errol Flynn,
p. 142.

More damaging, the year before: ibid., pp. 142–43.

Less than a month after: Bradley F. Smith,
The Shadow Warriors,
p. 100.

That same January: ibid., p. 104.

Two days later, Wild Bill: M 1642, Reel 48, Frame 1036.

“Dirty tricks are. . . .”: Thomas Powers,
Heisenberg's War,
p. 226.

He was soon exploring schemes: Nathan Miller,
Spying for America,
p. 245.

“frightening, demoralizing and exciting. . . .”: Andrew, p. 126.

The President sent Adams's letter: PSF Box 8.

Donovan seized upon the scheme: Smith,
The Shadow Warriors,
p. 102.

The bat mission: Andrew, p. 126.

“the sort of guy. . . .”: Stafford, p. 204.

Wild Bill was not permitted to see: Phillip Knightley,
The Second Oldest Profession,
pp. 223–24.

On Pearl Harbor day: PSF Box 147.

“I interpreted this to mean. . . .”: Andrew, p. 126.

“General DeWitt placed. . . .”: PSF Box 147.

“[T]here was no reason so far. . . .”: Smith,
The Shadow Warriors,
p. 99.

“are more in danger from the whites. . . .”: PSF Box 97.