Excerpts from the Press Conference
08/21/1941
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Let the Japanese and other enemies of peaceful Nations take warning from these great events in your country; their world...
The Nazi war machine has stripped them of raw materials and machine tools and trucks and locomotives.
With God's help we will complete the fulfillment of the pledge we renewed when our men returned to Leyte.
I know that the word 'planning' is not looked upon with favor in some circles.