Endnotes for Chapter VII

1 Notes on Conf in OCS, 8 Dec 41, OCS Conf Binder 29; Stimson Diary, entry of 9 Dec 41.

2 Leighton and Coakley, Global Logistics and Strategy, 1940-43, p. 247.

3 Ltrs, SW to President, 25 Apr and 11 Sep 42, Roosevelt Papers, FDRL.

4 Memo, WPD for CofS, 12 Dec 41, WPD 4622-37.

5 Notes on Conf in ODCS, 9 Dec 41, OCS Conf Binder 29; Memo, G-2 GHQ for CG FF, 10 Dec 41, WPD 4544-28; Memo, WPD for CofS, 12 Dec 41, WPD 4622-37.

6 Memo, Gen Marshall for WPD, 12 Dec 41, OPD Exec 8, Book A, Tab C.

7 FDR Public Papers and Addresses, 1941, p. 529.

8 Halder Journal, VI, 215, entry of 9 Jul 41, and VII, 88, entry of 10 Sep 41; Fuehrer Conferences, 1941, II, 27-28, entry of 22 Aug 41; Interview with Joachim von Ribbentrop, 9 Jul 45, ASHCAN/DI-34; WD Interv with General Warlimont, 28 Jul 45; Dept of State Interv with Dr. Kordt, 15-16 Dec 45; Statement of Field Marshal Keitel, 24 Jul 45; Statement of General Jodi, 28 Jul 45; Statement of General von Boetticher, 27 Apr 47.

9 Memo, WPD for CofS, 12 Dec 41, Sec. IV, WPD 4622-37. An eighth paragraph called for a restudy of the naval building program.

10 Memo, CofS GHQ for CG FF, 15 Dec 41, GHQ 381, Sec. 2. General NcNair apparently never forwarded this memorandum to General Marshall.

11 Memo, written by Gen Embick, 16 Dec 41, sub: More Important Factors in Current Strategic Situation; Memo, WPD for CofS, 18 Dec 41. Both in WPD 4622-37.

12 The story of this deployment is treated in detail in Conn, Engelman, and Fairchild, Guarding the United States.

13 Notes on Conf in OCS, 10 Dec 41, OCS Conf Binder 29; Stimson Diary, entry of 10 Dec 41; Note for Record, 10 Dec 41, WPD 4622-30; Entries of 10 Dec 41, GHQ 314.81 Diary. See Chapters II and IV, above, for earlier plans and action.

14 Papers in WPD 4337-9, including copy of the new agreement; Leahy, I Was There, pp. 65-67; Langer, Our Vichy Gamble, pp. 212-13.

15 Annex, Sec. VII, Nov 41 (but revised and extended after 7 Dec 41), to WD Strategic Estimate, Oct 41, WPD 4510 Theater Studies; Entries of 12 and 13 Dec 41, GHQ 314.81 Diary; Pets Ltr, Gen Andrews, CG CDC, to Gen Marshall, 16 Dec 41, WPD 4452-16; Memo, G-2 for WPD, 19 Dec 41, and other papers, WPD 4337-9.

16 Memo for Record, President Roosevelt, 1 Jan 42, FDR Personal Letters, II, 1268.

17 The St. Pierre-Miquelon incident has been treated in detail in Sherwood, Roosevelt and Hopkins, Ch. XXI; in Langer, Our Vichy Gamble, pp. 212-26; and in Hull, Memoirs, II, 1127-38. Mr. Churchill states his position in Grand Alliance, pp. 666-67.

18 Memo, CofS and CNO for President, 14 Dec 41, OPD Exec 8, Book 1; Memo, CofS for CNO, 14 Dec 41, WPD 4422-30.

19 Memo, CofS and CNO for President, 14 Dec 41, OPD Exec 8, Book 1.

20 Memo, CNO for CofS, 11 Dec 41, OPD Exec 4, Item 4, Tab F; Memo, CofS for CNO, 12 Dec 41, WPD 4544-29; Tab B to Memo, WPD for CofS, 18 Dec 41, WPD 4622-37; two WPD Memos for Record, 9 Jan 42, WPD 4622-39. For details of the reinforcement of Hawaii, see Conn, Engelman, and Fairchild, Guarding the United States, Ch. V.

21 Morton, Fall of the Philippines, pp. 145-48; Matloff and Snell, Strategic Planning, 1941-42, pp. 87ff.; Stimson and Bundy, On Active Service. pp. 395-96; Dwight D. Eisenhower, Crusade in Europe (New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948), pp. 18-22.

22 These detachments were dispatched from Quantico, Virginia, on 15 December and arrived at their Brazilian stations on 19 and 20 December 1941. For further details, see Chapter XII, below.

23 Memo, ASW for Air for SW, 18 Dec 41; Memo, DCofS for Air for SW, 20 Dec 41. Both in SW file, War Plans. Arnold was promoted to lieutenant general on 15 December 1941.

24 Stimson Diary, entry of 19 Dec 41.

25 Paper, 20 Dec 41, title: Brief Joint Estimate of the Mil Situation of the Associated Powers. WPD 4402-136; WPD paper, 21 Dec 41, title: General Strategic Review, OPD Exec 4, Book 2.

26 Memo, ASW for SW, 20 Dec 41, WPD 4402-136.

27 Paper, 20 Dec 41, title: Brief Joint Estimate . . . , WPD 4402-136.

28 WPD paper, 21 Dec 41, title: General Strategic Review, OPD Exec 4, Book 2.

29 WPD study, 21 Dec 41, title: Immediate Mil Measures, OPD Exec 4, Book 2.

30 WPD Comments, 21 Dec 41, on Memo, SW for President, 20 Dec 41, WPD 4402-136; WPD study, 21 Dec 41, title: Immediate Mil Measures, OPD Exec 4, Book 2.

31 Paper, written by SW Stimson, title: Memo of Decisions at the White House, Sunday, 21 Dec 41, WDCSA 381 (12-21-41) . There is reason to suspect that Mr. Stimson's memorandum is not a complete record of the discussion and decisions at the meeting, but there is no other contemporary record in Army files. See also Arnold, Global Mission, p. 275.

32 On the ARCADIA Conference, see Matloff and Snell, Strategic Planning, 1941-42, Ch. V, and Sherwood, Roosevelt and Hopkins, Ch. XX.

33 ABC-4/6, 13 Jan 42, title: Movements and Projects in the Atlantic Theater-For First Half 1942.

34 ABC-4/6, 13 Jan 42.

35 Matloff and Snell, Strategic Planning, 1941-42, pp. 142-46.

36 ABC-4/CS1, 31 Dec 41, title: Amer-British Grand Strategy.

37 Cline, Washington Command Post, pp. 98-100; Matloff and Snell, Strategic Planning, 1941-42, pp. 123-26.

38 Sherwood, Roosevelt and Hopkins, pp. 446-53.

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