FDR: “I know that the American people will not tolerate any threat offered to their government by anyone.”

It seems obvious that we will be more or less responsible for security in all the Pacific waters.

It may be in another week or ten days.

Possession of any mine or mines taken under this order shall be terminated by the Secretary of the Interior as soon as he determines that such possession is no longer required for the successful prosecution of the war.

It is not really of any great importance.