The President so far has struck me as a man who is trying hard to keep his balance. He certainly has been very receptive to all my efforts in these directions.

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Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have...

Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have...

Gentlemen don't read each other's mail.

Gentlemen don't read each other's mail.

After I had gone through this matter with the President I told him of my...

After I had gone through this matter with the President I told him of my...

It seems as if everybody in the country was getting impatient to get his or...

It seems as if everybody in the country was getting impatient to get his or...

The Japanese campaign involves therefore two great uncertainties; first, whether Russia will come in though...

The Japanese campaign involves therefore two great uncertainties; first, whether Russia will come in though...

I do not see how the Japanese can hold out against this united front.

I do not see how the Japanese can hold out against this united front.

The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.

The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way...

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way...

We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These...

We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These...

I told him there was one city that they must not bomb without my permission...

I told him there was one city that they must not bomb without my permission...

But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control...

But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control...

The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.

The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.

There has been growing quite a strain of irritating feeling between our government and the...

There has been growing quite a strain of irritating feeling between our government and the...

We debated long over the situation for it is a very difficult question and all...

We debated long over the situation for it is a very difficult question and all...

Now the thing is not to get into unnecessary quarrels by talking too much and...

Now the thing is not to get into unnecessary quarrels by talking too much and...

The bomb and the entrance of the Russians into the war will certainly have an...

The bomb and the entrance of the Russians into the war will certainly have an...

I think it is very important that I should have a talk with you as...

I think it is very important that I should have a talk with you as...

I told him that my own opinion was that the time now and the method...

I told him that my own opinion was that the time now and the method...

As to the war with Japan, the President had already received my memorandum in general...

As to the war with Japan, the President had already received my memorandum in general...