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...This policy means, in practical application, that such aid must reach its destination in the shortest of time and in maximum quantity. So ways must be found to do this." So said Secretary Cordell Hull to the American Society of International...
Secretary Knox did not say Britain would be beaten. He did not say the democracies would be beaten. He said "we" shall be beaten. Secretary Hull did not say that peaceful ways could be found to get arms to Britain. He simply said "ways...
...Russia's overland aid to China stops as a result of the Russo-Japanese Pact, China's resistance will depend more than ever on the aid that the U.S. can ship across the Pacific. Last week Secretary Hull (who had previously minimized the Russo-Japanese Pact) let it be known that U.S.-Russian talks were getting nowhere, hinted at an end to attempts to appease Russia. Next day he talked with Lord Halifax and Australian Minister Richard Casey. Probable subject: U.S. use of Singapore-without which, in the event of war, U.S. communication with China...
This appeasement feeler got a prompt negative response from both Britain and the U.S. In Washington Secretary of State Cordell Hull said plainly that U.S.-Japanese relations would get no better so long as Japan pursued her present foreign policy. From Singapore, U.S.-made, Australian-manned bombing planes roared 100 miles to sea to meet a second batch of men and machines to reinforce that vital British fortress. Said Major General Lionel Vivian Bond, Commander of the British land forces in Malaya: "The United States Fleet is the most powerful factor deterring the activity of an enemy of Britain...
...eight-month-old great-grandson of the last French conqueror of Germany. He arrived in the arms of his mother, Mrs. Pierre Clemenceau, New Orleans socialite, who left France for Africa after the Nazis invaded, got to the U.S. by Clipper through the intervention of Secretary of State Cordell Hull...