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FDR: For with control of the seas in their own hands, the way can obviously become clear for their next step--domination of…

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For with control of the seas in their own hands, the way can obviously become clear for their next step--domination of the United States--domination of the Western Hemisphere by force of arms.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt warns that control of the seas by the Nazis would lead to their domination of the Americas.

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