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THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON
January 23 , 1942.
~RANDUX FOR THE PRESID!m'
'lbere ie quoted below a paragraoh from a memorandum recen~ prepared br the Director of Naval Conmrunicatione for the Chief of Naval Operatione1
•I t ie recommended that any convereatione over the New York- London radio telephone circuit be conducted with great diecretion in view of the danger that the Germane will underetand everything said within a fn hours after the completion of the telephone call. •
'lbe foregoing recoa:iendation is based on the fact that we ourselves know bow to "un11craable" conversatione held where the scremhl1ng device ill used. 'lie must give the Germans credit for being able to do as much.
Very respectfully,
~.,;_ /,,.C.. JOHN L. McCREA
/;5F6ec.~ . T HE WH ITE HOUSE
WASH INGTON
l~ 26, 1942.
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' THE ATTO"NEY OENE""L.
WA8HINOTON
hbru&ry 7' 1942
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liJ' dear llr. Pre•iden t.1
I •• Hndl. nc you the draft.
ot a lllllllOrandwD troll ;you to C.pt.al.n
UeCra,y 1n COMllOtion wl.t.b t h• matter
about 'llhich 70u uktd M at lunch to~.
Sinotrt~ 70ure,
'l'b8 President.
The ilhit.e Hou•.
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DIWT OF im(QfWIDCJll FjQ1 THJ: PRESIIllllT TO CAPT Anl llcCR.U
Wl.ll you let .. han the chronological
report on the Japaiieee (t.-.> un) eublarine nWd
up on the beach out.aide at Pearl Harbor, wbo to\l\d
her, and 1lbo took poeMaeion ot h9r1 llbat. do yen
find? ..., 1a in euet.ody ot the Jlp&MM ottl.cara?
February 10, 1942.
M!¥>RANWM FOR CAPl'AIN J , L. KcCR!A
SUI!JECT 1 du VAZUEL 1 P.dnund Q . F, R.
1 , The Office of Naval Intelligence is informed that Senator Reynolds, of the Military Affairs COlllllittee, on Decellt>er 16, 1941, wrote to the President auggesting the formtion of an "~ONOJaC D!VELOl'lmfT AND CONTROL COIOIISSIOH" to study the destruction of ene111r crops by a process known &II 11Coopenoidel Warfare. n Attached t o the letter wras a draft of an Executive Order creating the Commssion and appointing the subject, dulfAZUEL, as a Rear Admiral, U. s. ff&'V)', in charge or tti. Commission, with a deputy as Brigadier General, U. S. Army. All members of the Commission were to be commissioned officers of the Army or Navy.
2 . The subject now calls himself contact man for the Military Affairs Committee and has an office, suite 357 , House Office &lilding, telephone NAtional 3120, extension 416.
3, The files of tbe Office of Naval Intelligence indicate that from 1926 to 1940 the subject posed as a preacher in Lake City, Florida, and operated as a C&tl\olic Cometary As11ociation, "The Sbrine of Christendom,• claiming to have discovered bodies of pre-historic men, which 1111re later proven to have been constructed of concrete and planted in a cava,
4. The subject ha1 fal111ly represented hilrulelf as a doctor of medicine, and has been suspected of being engaeed in espionage for some foreign government.
· 5, The subject has gone under 'Vllrious _, and wras engaged in cianufacturing illicit liquor, and was also connected witb a obain letter racket. Tbe !l\lbject has engaged in aendine messages in code , and ill considered mentally unsound,
6, The !IUbject was born 1n Paris, France , October 11, 1676, and the Office of Naval Intelligence has no evidence that he ii a United State11 citizen.
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DICLASSIFID By Deputy Arohivi•t of the u.a. By I . J . Stewart Date JAN S 11973
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THK W HITK HOUeK
W.UHINGTON
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~ llDl).IWIOOll POR THE PRJl'.SIDllT
Attached hereto 1a a -andm
prepued b1 can: lh""1nc tacil1t1•• tor
dz7doclc1As 1D .t.uet.relia, '- :!eel encl and
compiled.
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D1 'tid• ot laftl IJIMlllpM• J'ebr11&r1 1,, 19ilt2
The Qu••n•land Ooft..-nt Ora'tinc Dook will take tlotbll• lMAl•r•
SYDNEY
Thi• 1• the main m!Aten'DO• and operatlDg baH ot the Bopl
.Au.trallan Ja"7• At Coob.too Doolqard 4e•tr019r. are 'bl&llt while oruiHH
and an &iroratt o&rrhr ot tbe •h• ot the HIR•!S (10 ,850 tou) oan be
lllLBOUIDll • The gra't'iDC dook belcmpnc to the Dulce•• and OIT' I Coo HD deydook
& light oruiHr of the •h• of the 4,850 tOD DAJUI and the 6,900 te111.
H•plane o&rrhr P!<WIUS. ftw J.ltred Qra'tiag Dook belonpng to th• 11.i
bourne Ht.rbour Trut will lll•o t&ke the D.Alll! and PIQASUS.
DlfC.lSTL!, N. 8, W •
Th• Bew South W&lH Ooft,,_nt Floating Dook oan t&ke &11 tne• of
orui••r• and &iroratt oarrler• of the •l•• ot the 10,850 ton lllRlllS.
II, IDr ZBALAID
AUCILAllD
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Doolcyud •naiMra ot the eiH ot the a.ooo - 1131 aad the
6 .900 ton Haplue oarrier PIGASUS ean 'ff tabn. 1D the Barbor Board
Ct.lliope Doolc.
PORT CRAT.llBl!S
The Otaco Barbor Board Dr)' Doak will tab or .. hera ot the ei H ot
th• 5 .16<> ton DIDO u wll u the 6,900 ton - plane oarrier PIQ&IOS,
The Port c...a.ro D17 Doak will tan fiotllla leadero aad 4Htrc1J9Ho
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Th• Barbor Board Oranng Dool< will df74oolc onaiffra ot the 11H ot
the 4,200 t on CAllLISLI,
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llarch 2, 1942.
Will 7ou check OD thiaT
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Report from J. Edgar Hoover r eportilli! that a ptlot of t he Eastern hirlines, flying north from Miami, Jlilll sighted two ships about ten miles apart and a submarine located i.bout mid'"ay bet ween t hem. He reported it t o the Office of Nav"l Intelligence. Nothing done obout it for several hours .
DICLASSIJ'ID By Deputy Archiviet ot the U. S.
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THI: WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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THIE WHITE HOU•IE
WMHINGTON
- 2, 1942.
C.lPftD ... •••
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aouoet
F. I>. 1.
Memo f rom J, Edgar Hoover, dated April 27, 1942, repor tin& that a German fleet contacted the German Embassy in Buenos Aires, Ar1ent1na, ear ly on the morning ot April 24, 1942.
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THIC WHITIC HOUSIC WMHINCiTON
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"111 J'G9 be 1ooct ••lh to ... tbat llr. lau 1eu 1-. encl•ed COPJ' ~ 1-t'-r·baa Dgp•ld L ••1-mT
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THE WHITE HOU•E
WASHINGTON
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lla7 7, 1942.
ellOIWfWll ~· CAPTAII lloCJl&l1
A 1ood friend ot a1ne and t-be l•TJ'' • aenda .. the tollowln&• •I t-htQk .a•1oa• OU&bt- t-o look lnt-o a 16 alll1on dollar eont-NCt- itn01m11 u I w:lderat-and lt,, aa the South Boat-on •on.,_ let- by the JUI' au ot Dook1 and Yards ot uae Na.y. It- lookeci orl&lnal ... 7 u U the oont.ract would 10 t-o a llaa .. ctmaett-a cont.ractor,, a budd7 ot Sec.at-or Walah. Da1a ocmt-ractor,, as I und•r•t.nd lt-,, ••• uader lndlotact on ao lncOIM tax .. t.t-er aad tberetore •• d1aqual1t1ed. 1 underatalld tbe oont-raotaubee41.ent-17 •u let- to anotber corporat-loa, •blob 1n reallt-7 1a nobodJ' llut t-hl orl&lnal bidder •bo bad bee d~'l&alll'led. 1 •bould t-blnk tba t an lnquill'J' fl'Om on t-op would 1•tnowb1re,, but t-bel'I la a Lt. c. ender •bo 1a aecretc.l'J ot the 0 t tie., wbo is on the l•••l and lmoWa all the hot-a. Tb1a Lt. Coetander i• a lliob.1-an 1raduate. 1 be•• not been able to loe&t• b1a name •• 7et,, but•111 1•t it abo1't-17.• •oul.d 70u please t-aU t-bla up priftt-eli and contid•t-lal.17 with Ben 11o ... 11 and Uk hi.a tor t-be taot-at
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THIE WHITIE HOU81:
WA8HINGTON
Ma7 22, 1942.
u.:llWJDOll POR CUTAII llcCR&Aa
POR IOOR PD.Eb.
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Enclosures re message to Mr. Curtin (Australia) Corr es from Admiral King, Sumner Welles, etc. May 20, 1942.
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THE WHITE HOUaE
WASHINGTON
June 12, 1942.
CAPTAIN !.lcCRE,.:
Will you speak to me a.bout
F.D. R.
Memo for the Pres. from H. H. 6/9/42 re President ~uezon•s desire to become a member of t e Pacific Viar Council.
THI: WHITll HOUS ll
WASHINGTO N
Au&ut 12. 1942.
•111 JOU find out. 1D ooaf'ldeaoe, •ber• the UDAlfT 11t
r.D.B.
THE WHITE HOUSI:
WASHINGTON
hne 17, 1942.
llEJfORilDl.ll FOR
C.APTAlll McCREA 1
w111 · you •how th1a to the
Joint Board? I t -Y l.otereat th•.
F.D.R.
14e:norandum re J\LASKA HIGHWAY
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WAllHINGTON
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Rote 1'1'09 Lord ll&lifax, Britiab blbaesy, 9/25/42, to the ore111de11t , anclos~ copy of • telecna from the Vicerqr of Indie • Thie is a confidential paraphrase of telegl'811 f rom the Viceroy of India to Lord Halifax dated 9/'22/42, ln re Ill. tuation ln Ind l a.
THI: WHITll: H O USE
WASHINGITO N
0otob91' Jl, 1942.
I •18b I could •••• COPJ
ot taa1a t°' .._, tull.7 tu.a,
~•tiler "1tb a •ketch •P or
obart ot •tlrea. I "1ll look
it up mUJ. atter tb• WI' 1a
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TH• WHIT• HOU•• WMHINCITON
lloY.UU ao. 1942
To NPl7 to.
P. D. B. IDclo .....
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WASHINGTON
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"1 ... w uno cncJosurc~ fro.1 t::..p<: . -ct rr·,. i;o tl'"' P rc:;ic cni re c.11uru of Lei;;ion of ... erit ;..-! 1. L..)J>r )pri .. te ~01.;.r~~ to ~t . Fi~~ :..nu Lt . t:o:J:Jander t\ in~ .
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THI: WHITI: HOUSI:
WASHINGITON
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t.o r.clmoWl.01• thl• let.t.er t1'09
Ira. Wintleld Scot.t. CUnnla&bMt
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Encloaure
Latter troa ••· w1n1'1eld 8oott ()tmtncba, Cedar Park, R.1'. D. '2, Annapol 1•, lid. , undated, to the Preatdant, ad•iehlc tbat her bueband, who was tn c-8!!d ot Waka Ill.mid, and DO. i.n Sbanibal lalnicipal. Gaol, be releaMd.
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