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...Thomsen at Union Station did not help. That very day (it was the 2,601st anniversary of the Japanese Empire) President Roosevelt, in a press conference, said that war with Japan would not affect deliveries to Great Britain. Admiral Nomura's first call on Secretary of State Cordell Hull lasted only four minutes; it was an all-time quickie. President Roosevelt was a little more cordial. The Admiral told reporters that the U.S. atmosphere was worse than he had expected...
...seen the President a second time and had seen Cordell Hull only "once or twice." In June Japanese oil negotiations with The Netherlands East Indies broke down. In July the U.S. froze all Japanese assets, stopping the flow of American oil. In August-final blow-the U.S. announced that it would ship oil to Russia via Vladivostok, right under the Japanese nose...
...thought it could get Japan to back down to some extent. In any case valuable time -time that was pro-Russian and anti-Hitler-would be gained by negotiations, which would certainly be delicate, undoubtedly be long. Accordingly, talks were begun both in Washington, where Admiral Nomura and Cordell Hull met several times "outside the State Department," and in Tokyo, where Foreign Minister Admiral Teijiro Toyoda received the American who has the most savvy about and the most sympathy with Japan, Ambassador Joseph Clark Grew...
Last week the British were able to report that there had not been a single alarm over London in the month of August. During the week only two British towns, Hull and Newcastle, were bombed. But over Germany, day and night, the R.A.F. stung scores of cities with hundreds of planes at a time. Berlin suffered what the censor agreed was "one of the liveliest raids of the war." This week the British gave Berlin what they said was the heaviest. Such heavy raids could not be without cost. And this week London reported two Flying Fortresses missing -the first...
Britain broke off diplomatic relations with Mexico three years ago. The U.S. was content to exchange notes. Stern old Secretary of State Cordell Hull suggested last year that an impartial arbitration commission be set up, "with authority ... to make certain that adequate and effective compensation shall promptly be paid." Mexico refused, on the ground that it was a domestic, not an international, question. There the matter still rested last week...