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FDR: The Japanese do not know just how many planes they destroyed that day, and I am not going to tell them.

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The Japanese do not know just how many planes they destroyed that day, and I am not going to tell them.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

He asserts that he will not disclose the exact number of planes destroyed to the enemy.

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