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John Abbott Oral History Interview
… to the west coast for a considerable period of time. the committee also made an investigation into the relocation of the japanese people residing on the west coast. during all of the period, 1940 to 1942, i was in frequent contact, of course, …
Loy W. Henderson Oral History Interview
… that when japan was on the verge of defeat, the soviet union would come in at the end so that it could claim certain japanese territories and insist on certain peace terms that would help it to realize its ambitions in the far east. during …
Robert L. Irvin Oral History Interview
… come with the committee, they had just issued a blockbuster of a report charging that our aircraft were inferior to the japanese planes in performance, the ones that we were trying to fight the war with. and this was don's baby at that time. i …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 21, 1967
… five years, but i am. let me recount it briefly for you as i see it and why it is significant today. in 1931 [163] the japanese moved into manchuria. in 1935 mussolini invaded ethiopia. in 1936 hitler moved his troops into the demilitarized …
Dillon S. Myer Oral History Interview, Chap V-VIII
… for several weeks and during that period i was acting chief of the soil conservation service. it was at this time that the japanese attacked pearl harbor and we were in the war. following the declaration of war in december 1941 i awakened one …
Paul H. Nitze Oral History Interviews, August 5 and August 6, 1975
… he was working in a special advisory capacity to the secretary of state with the special responsibility of working on the japanese peace treaty. foster said he was terribly concerned about the [250] possibility of an attack by the chinese …
Hubert F. Havlik Oral History Interview
… far eastern trade community was not even envisaged then, so far as i know. i believe that we were still getting rid of the japanese. i don't think that anybody ever envisaged the resurgence that took place or the problems of organization. we were …