Endnotes for Chapter XIV

1 For a discussion of the critical turn of events that shaped American strategic plans in the summer of 1940 and of the negotiations leading to the Destroyer-Base Agreement, see Conn and Fairchild, Framework o f Hemisphere Defense, ch. II, and Matlof and Snell, Strategic Planning 1941-42, chs. I-II.

2 Greenslade Board: Outline of Local Defense for Bases . . . in the Caribbean Area and British Guiana, 8 Nov 40 AG 580 (9-4-40), sec. 1, pt. 1. The strength of the Bermuda and Newfoundland forces is given in Memos, G-2 for ACofS WPD, 24 and 31: Jan 41, WPD 4300-6; Memo, WPD for CofS, 5 Apr 41, WPD 4351-92, sec. 6; and in Min, Conf in ODCofS, 24 Sep 40, OCS Conf, binder 3.

3 In recognition of this exploit, the principal U.S. Army base in Newfoundland was named, in May 1941, for the commander of the Louisbourg Expedition of 1745, Sir William Pepperrell of Kittery, Me.

4 Rpt of Jt Planning Comm to CNO and CofS, 28 Aug 40, WPD 4351-5. The report on Antigua, an appendix to the original report, is dated 3 September 1940. See also, Memo, WPD for COB, 29 Mar 40, sub: Acquisition of Foreign Possessions in the Western Hemisphere, WPD 3977-2.

5 Ltr, SN to Admiral Greenslade, 3 Sep 40; Ltr, President to Adm Greenslade, [1] Sep 40. Both in OPD Exec 13, item 22.

6 Memo, SGS for ACofS WPD, 4 Sep 40, OCS 21160-1; Memo, WPD for Gen Moore, DCofS WPD,.5 Sep 40, AG 580 (9-4-40), sec. 1 pt. 1. The WPD recommendation was drafted by Colonel Crawford, head of the Supply and Projects Section.

7 Memo, SGS for ACofS WPD, 6 Sep 40, AG 580 (9-4-40), sec. 1, pt. 1.

8 Rpt, WPD to CofS, 13 Jan 41, title: Present Status . . . of Army Bases. . . , WPD 4351-48; Memo, "Betty" [Admiral H. R. Stark) for President, 6 Sep 40, Roosevelt Papers, FDRL.

 9 Min, Conf in ODCofS, 6 Sep 40, OCS Misc Conf, binder 6; Memo, CofAC for COB, 14 Oct 40, sub: Caribbean Familiarization Flight, WPD 4351-14, sec. 7.

 10 Outline of Local Defenses for Bases Acquired From Great Britain . . . , transmitted by Memo, Adm Greenslade for CNO and CofS, 12 Nov 40 AG 580 (9-4-40), sec. 1, pt. 1.

11 In addition to the sources cited for table I, see the following: Summary of CofAC and Bd of Experts Recommendations for Air Corps Units and Facilities at Bases . . . , (Oct-Nov 40) ; Memo, WPD for CofS, 6 Nov 40; Memo, SGS for WPD, 9 Nov 40. All in AG 580 (9-4-40), sec. 1, pt. 1. Also various documents in WPD 4351-9, sec. 3; WPD 4351-11, sec. 6; WPD 4351-47; and WPD 4351-176, sec. 7.

12 Ltr, SN to Secy State, 7 Oct 40, AG580 (9-4-40), sec. 1, pt. 1; Rpt WPD to CofS,

13 Jan 41, title: Present Status of . . . Army Bases . . . , WPD 4351-48. 13 SGS Memo for Rcd, 5 Nov 40, OCS Misc, binder 6; Jt Memo, SW and SN for President, 8 Oct 40, AG580 (9-4-40), sec. 1, pt. 1; Telg 6, American, Consul, Bermuda, to (Dept of State), 4 Nov 40, WPD 4351-3 ; North Atlantic Div, CE, MS, U.S. Army Bases: Bermuda, OCMH, p. IV-1.

14 Ltr, Capt R. E. Schuirmann, USN, to Secy State, 29 Oct 40, AG 580 (9-4-40), sec. 1, pt. 1 ; note, Foreign Office to U.S. Charge d'Affaires, London, 2 Dec 40, OPD Exec 13, item 23 ; SGS Memo for Rcd, 5 Dec 40, OCS Conf, binder 6.

15 Draft of Lease of Certain Areas in Bermuda, (Ltr of transmittal to the President dated 26 Sep 40) and Supplementary Rpt of Bd of Experts-Bermuda, 26 Oct 40, in North Atlantic Div, CE, U.S. Army Bases: Bermuda, Supps. 2-3.

16 Ltr, Nevile Montagu Butler (British Charge d'Affaires) to Actg Secy State Welles, 22 Nov 40; Memo, Col Crawford, WPD, for John Hickerson, State Department, 3 Dec 40. Both in OPD Exec 13 item 23. Memo, H.R.S. (Admiral Stark) for President, 26 Dec 40, Roosevelt Papers, FDRL.

17 Memo, H.R.S. for President, 26 Dec 40, Roosevelt Papers, EDRL; Memo, Col Crawford for Gen Gerow, 10 Dec 40; Rpt on Trinidad, Bd of Experts to SN, 23 Oct 40. Last two in WPD 4351-20, sec. 1.

18 Rpt, WPD to CofS, 13 Jan 4 1, title: Present Status of . . . Army Bases . . . , WPD 4351-48; Min, SLC Mtg, 3 Jan 41, SLC Min, vol. II; Memo, WPD for CofS, 9 Jan 41, WPD 4351-44.

19 Rad, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 25 Jan 41, WPD 4351-54; Rad 1207, John Gilbert Winant to Secy State, 27 Mar 41, OPD Exec 13, item 15.

20 Ltr, Rear Adm. Harold Biesemeier (Ret) to Actg Chief of Military History, 28 May 59 in OCMH files.

21 No verbatim record of the discussions was kept, but the minutes of the meetings as well as the daily messages that passed between the commission and the State Department can be found in OPD Exec 13.

22 The Trinidad draft lease, a part of the Greenslade Board Report, is in WPD 4351-20, sec. 1. The draft of the Bermuda lease, in WPD 4351-8, sec. 1, is identical in the description of rights.

23 Rad 383, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 31 Jan 41, OPD Exec 13, item 16; Rad 764, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 27 Feb 41, OPD Exec 13, item 18.

24 Rad 419, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 3 Feb 41; Rad 443, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 5 Feb 41. Both in OPD Exec 13, item 16.

25 Rads 502 and 503, Secy State to Base Lease Commission, 15 Feb 41, OPD Exec 13, item :19.

26 Rad 432, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 4 Feb 41 ; Rad 619, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 18 Feb 41. Both its OPD Exec 13, item 16. Rad 555, Secy State to Base Lease Commission, 20 Feb 41, OPD Exec 13, item 19.

27 Rad 515, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 10 Feb 41; Rad 632, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 19 Feb 41; Rad 672, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 21 Feb 41. All in OPD Exec 13, item 16. Rad 853, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 5 Mar 41, OPD Exec 13, item 18 ; Rad 1154, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 24 Mar 41, OPD Exec 13, item 15 ; Rad 579, Secy State to Base Lease Commission, 21 Feb 41, OPD Exec 13, item 19.

28 Rad 384, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 31 Jan 41; Rad 672, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 21 Feb 41. Both in OPD Exec 13, item 16.

29 Rad 555, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 13 Feb 41 ; Rad 672, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 21 Feb 41. Both in OPD 13, item 16.

30 Ltr, Adm Biesemeier to Acting Chief of Military History, 28 May 59.

31 John Gilbert Winant, Letter from Grosvenor Square (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947) pp. 36-37- Soon after the negotiations began, Colonel Malony had been promoted to brigadier general.

32 Rad 853, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 5 Mar 41, OPD Exec 13, item 18.

33 Rad 942, Base Tease Commission to Secy State, 12 Mar 41, OPD Exec 13, item 18.

34 Rad 908, Winant to President and Secy State, 8 Mar 41, OPD Exec 13, item 18.

35 Rad 910, Winant to Secy State, 9 Mar 41, OPD Exec 13, item 18.

36 Rad 939, Base Lease Commission to Secy State, 11 Mar 41, OPD Exec 13, item 18.

37 For an appraisal of the negotiations, see Rad 1207, Winant to Secy State, 27 Mar 41, OPD Exec 13, item 15; and Min, SLC Mtg, 24 Mar 41, SLC Min, vol. 11, p. 5.

38 On 1 Aug 1941 the Eastern Division was superseded by the North Atlantic Division for Newfoundland and the Caribbean Division for all the other bases. On 23 Feb 1942 the Bermuda District was transferred from the Caribbean to the North Atlantic Division.

39 Memo, British Embassy, Washington, for Secy State, 9 Nov 40, WPD 4351-31 ; Memo, Col Crawford for ACofS WPD, 14 Dec 40, WPD 4351-26; TBC, Hist Sec, CDC, Hist of TS and BC, 1, 48.

40 Memo, WPD for CofS, 18 Sep 40, AG 580 (9-4-40), sec. 1, pt. 1.

41 Estimates of the fall of 1940 are in Memo, WPD for CofS, 18 Sep 40; Memo, CofEngrs (Lt Col William F. Tompkins) for TAG, 25 Sep 40, with Tabs A-H dated 8 Oct 40; and Memo, Col Tompkins for WPD, 20 Nov 40. All in AG 580 (9-4-40), sec. 1, pt. 1.

42 Estimates made in 1941 are in Memo, Col Albert E. Brown, Budget & Legislative Planning Br, for CofS, 17 Feb 41, OCS Conf, binder 10; Estimates of Funds for Army Air Bases . . . (2d Supp), 7 May 411, OPD Misc File 41 ; Eastern Div, CE, Report of Progress, Atlantic Bases, September 1941 and October 1941, AG 580 (9-4-40), sec. 1-D, Bulky Package; Routing Sheet, G-4 to TAG, 27 Dec 41, sub: Estimates for Construction .. . . , OCS 2111160-123, bk. 20.

43 Memo, WPD for CofS, 3 Oct 40, WPD 4351-9, sec. 1 ; Memo, Lt Col Edward H. Brooks, Chief, Statistics Br, for Col Ward, SGS, 5 Oct 40, WPD 4351-8, sec. 1 ; Memo, CofS for Admiral Stark, 8 Nov 40, AG 580 (9-4-40), sec. 1, pt. 1; Memo, Col Ward for CofS, 22 Nov 40, OCS Conf, binder 6.

44 The figures in the Monthly Progress Reports purporting to show the percent of completed construction are in reality the percent of estimated cost actually expended. Since accuracy in estimating the final cost was almost impossible and revision inevitable, the figures are of little value as an indication of the true rate of progress.

45 Memo, Col Ward, SGS, for ACofS WPD, 8 Apr 41; Memo, WPD for CofS, 8 Apr 41; Memo, WPD for CofEngrs, 9 Apr 41; Memo, Gen Bryden, Acting CofS, for SW, 9 Apr 41. All in WPD 4351-8, sec. 1.

46 Memo, WPD for CofS, 18 Jun 41, WPD 4351-140; Eastern Div, CE, Rpts of Progress, Atlantic Bases June 1941 and October 1941, AG 580 (9-4-40), sec. 1-D, Bulky Package.

47 Eastern Div, CE, Rpt of Progress, Atlantic Bases, October 1941, AG 580 (9-4-40), sec. 1-D, Bulky Package; Div North Atlantic Div, CE, MS, U.S. Army Bases: Newfoundland, OCMH, pp. VI-7 to VI-9; U.S. Army Bases: Bermuda, p. V-2; TCB, Hist Sec, CDC, Hist of TS and BC, I, 88, 93, 95, III.

48 Eastern Div, CE, Rpt of Progress, Atlantic Bases, October 1941, AG 580 (9-4-40), sec. 1-D Bulky Package; ASF, Off Div Engr, Atlantic Div, U.S. Army Bases: Newfoundland, p. VI-4; ASF, Off Div Engr, Atlantic Div, U.S. Army Bases: Bermuda, p. VI-1.

49 Ltr, CG TS to CG CDC, 15 Aug 41, WPD 4351-20, sec. 1; Antilles Dept, CDC, MS, War Plans and Defense Measures, sec. 11, ch. 2, p. 225; Watson, Prewar Plan and Preparations, p. 483.

50 Ltr, British Embassy to State Dept, 16 Dec 41; Memo, WPD for Hickerson, State Dept, 4 Jan 42. Both in WPD 4351-11, sec. 6.

51 Min of Conf in OSW, 10 Jun 41, SW Conf, binder 1 ; Memo, WPD for CofS, 13 Jun 41, WPD 4351-20; Memo for Rcd, D/F, WPD to G-4., 25 Aug 4;, WPD 4351-8, sec. 2; Ltr, British Embassy to State Dept, 16 Dec 41, WPD 4351-11, sec. 6.

52 Memo, WPD for Hickerson, State Dept, 17 Sep 41, WPD 4351-20, sec.,1; Ltr, Governor Hubert Young, Trinidad, to Gen Talbot, CG TS, 29 Jul 41; D/F, WPD to G-4, 10 Oct 41; Memo, WPD for Hickerson, 14 Dec 41. All in WPD 4351-20, sec. 2.

53 Lt., CG TS to CG CDC, 15 Aug 41, WPD 4351-20, sec. 1.

54 Ltr, CG TS to CG CDC, 28 Aug 41, WPD 4351-20, sec. 1.

55 ASF, Off Div Engr, Atlantic Div, U. S. Army Bases: Newfoundland, pp. VI-5, VI-8.

56 Dispatch, American Consul General, St. John's, to Secy State, 30 Jun 41, WPD 4351-9, sec. 4; ASF, Off Div Engr, Atlantic Div, U.S. Army Bases: Newfoundland, p .VI-4.

57 Memo, USW Patterson for SW, 8 Apr 42 ; Memo, CofS for Geri Somervell, 23 Apr 42. Both in WDCSA 42-43 CDC.


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