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Pacific. See also Far East; Hawaiian Islands; Japan; Philippines.
    American rejection of proposals for reinforcement of Singapore, 393-400
    fixed defenses in, 492-93
    opposing views of Army and Navy on defense of, 99
    proposals for co-operation with British, 391-93
Pacifism, 3-5, 34, 59, 185. See also Isolationism.
Palmer, Brig. Gen. John McAuley, 75, 190
Panama Canal Zone, 31, 49, 88, 91, 95, 96, 98. 102, 148, 149, 156, 453, 497n
    defense situation in, 458-61
    fear of Japanese assault, 108
    ground force augmentations regarded necessary, 101
    Marshall orders alert in, 108
Panay,412
Pan-American relations. See Good neighbor policy.
Paraguay, 96
Passive defense, policy of, 87-88
Patterson, Robert P., 189, 271, 287, 306n, 308, 315, 332-34, 335, 336-37, 339n, 345
Pearl Harbor, 108, 412. See also Hawaiian Islands.
    attack on predicted, 99
    as base for fleet, 453, 465-66
    conclusions regarding attack on, 498-502
    Congressional inquiry on, 8, 54, 120, 384, 413, 497, 498-99 498n, 499n, 501-02, 508-09, 511, 512, 516, 517
    eve of attack on, 512-18
    evidence of Japan's Southeast Asia objectives, 502-05
    factors contributing to the 7 December surprise, 496-502
    failure to foresee attack on fleet, 494, 499-502, 499n
    fateful series of mischances, 518-19
    "magic" intercepts, 496-97, 498-99 499n, 502
    mistaken estimates of Japan's intentions, 494-96, 509-12
    warnings of late November 1941, 505-09
Permanent Joint Board on Defense, Canada U. S., 119, 479, 481
Pershing, Gen. John J., 2, 18, 21, 30, 59-61, 60n, 63, 64, 148, 206
Personnel. See G-1.
Personnel time factor, 55
Persons, Maj. Gen. Wilton B., 17n, 50n, 260n
Petain, Marshal, 107, 230
Petroleum, embargo on, 502
Pfeiffer, Lt. Col. O. T., 370

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Philippines, 98, 99, 105, 116, 124-25, 379, 389, 392, 396, 399, 400, 411 412, 424, 504, 510. See also Far East; Grunert; Manila Bay.
    Commonwealth Army, 420-23, 426, 431, 432-33, 434, 435-37, 439, 441, 495
    defeatism, 414, 420
    defenses increased, December 1940, 423-25
    developments of November 1941, 446-52
    diversion of troops and materiel from Hawaii to, 447-48
    effect of loss of considered, 98
    effect of shortages on defense, 413-14
    factors in 1941 change of attitude toward defense of, 438-40
    items in the 1941 rearming of, 440-44
    limitations of planning for defense of, 412-17
    MacArthur named Commanding General, U. S. Army Forces in the Far East, 434-38, 437n
    MacArthur's large plan for defense of, 425-33
    Philippine Defense Project, 415, 426, 438
    Philippine Division, 148, 441
    Philippine Scouts, 24, 25n, 148, 414, 416, 417, 418, 423, 424, 441
    reliance on air strength in effort to build up defenses, 416-17, 418, 420, 426, 433, 440, 441, 442, 443-44 446, 452
    undue faith in defenses, 450
    U. S. troops in, 448
    vulnerability, 413-14, 415
    War Plans Division recommendations for defense of, 416, 418-19, 445-46
Phillips, Admiral Sir Tom, 399, 400
Phony War gives way to Blitzkrieg, 104-07, 165
Pilot training, 135, 145, 168, 278-79, 278n, 307
Plan Dog Memorandum, 118-22, 118n
Planning. See War Plans Division. Plans Division of Air Corps, 288, 292
PLENAPS, 400
Poland, 104, 156
"Policy for Mechanization and Motorization," 39
Political time factor, 55-56
Politics and the defense effort, 55-56, 96, 157-58, 181, 185, 194, 195, 197, 221, 223-31, 333, 373, 413
Ponape, 506
Portal, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles, 402, 404
Pot of Gold Plan, 96, 106
Pound, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley, 114, 119, 120, 399, 402, 404
Powder, shortage of, 314
Presidential initiative, exercised by Roosevelt, 5-7, 126
President's Emergency Fund, 436, 437, 486
Prince of Wales, 399, 401 , 403, 406
Production. See Industrial production.
Promotion of officers. See also Officers; Officers, Reserve.
    bill of 13 June 1940, 247-49
    halt in, to attain uniformity, 263-64
    of National Guard officers, 258-63
    policy determining, 253-58, 266-69
"Proposal for the National Defense Policy of the United States," 349
"Proposed Basis for agreement between the United States and Japan," 507
Protective Mobilization Force, 131
Protective Mobilization Plan, 30, 78, 128, 139, 140, 153-54, 168, 171, 172, 183-84, 312, 313, 316, 361, 431
Public opinion, 3-5, 9-10, 15-18, 152n. See also Isolationism; Pacifism.
Puerto Rico, 459, 477, 481-82, 491
Purnell, Capt. W. R., 392
Pye, Vice Adm. W. S., 498n

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