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THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON

January 23 , 1942.

~RANDUX FOR THE PRESID!m'

'lbere ie quoted below a paragraoh from a memorandum recen~ prepared br the Director of Naval Conmrunicatione for the Chief of Naval Operatione1

•I t ie recommended that any convereatione over the New York- London radio telephone circuit be conducted with great diecretion in view of the danger that the Germane will underetand everything said within a fn hours after the completion of the telephone call. •

'lbe foregoing recoa:iendation is based on the fact that we ourselves know bow to "un11craable" conver­satione held where the scremhl1ng device ill used. 'lie must give the Germans credit for being able to do as much.

Very respectfully,

~.,;_ /,,.C.. JOHN L. McCREA

/;5F6ec.~ . T HE WH ITE HOUSE

WASH INGTON

l~ 26, 1942.

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' THE ATTO"NEY OENE""L.

WA8HINOTON

hbru&ry 7' 1942

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liJ' dear llr. Pre•iden t.1

I •• Hndl. nc you the draft.

ot a lllllllOrandwD troll ;you to C.pt.al.n

UeCra,y 1n COMllOtion wl.t.b t h• matter

about 'llhich 70u uktd M at lunch to~.

Sinotrt~ 70ure,

'l'b8 President.

The ilhit.e Hou•.

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DIWT OF im(QfWIDCJll FjQ1 THJ: PRESIIllllT TO CAPT Anl llcCR.U

Wl.ll you let .. han the chronological

report on the Japaiieee (t.-.> un) eublarine nWd

up on the beach out.aide at Pearl Harbor, wbo to\l\d

her, and 1lbo took poeMaeion ot h9r1 llbat. do yen

find? ..., 1a in euet.ody ot the Jlp&MM ottl.cara?

February 10, 1942.

M!¥>RANWM FOR CAPl'AIN J , L. KcCR!A

SUI!JECT 1 du VAZUEL 1 P.dnund Q . F, R.

1 , The Office of Naval Intelligence is informed that Senator Reynolds, of the Military Affairs COlllllittee, on Decellt>er 16, 1941, wrote to the President auggesting the formtion of an "~ONOJaC D!VELOl'lmfT AND CONTROL COIOIISSIOH" to study the destruction of ene111r crops by a process known &II 11Coopenoidel Warfare. n Attached t o the letter wras a draft of an Executive Order creating the Commssion and appointing the subject, dulfAZUEL, as a Rear Admiral, U. s. ff&'V)', in charge or tti. Com­mission, with a deputy as Brigadier General, U. S. Army. All members of the Commission were to be commissioned officers of the Army or Navy.

2 . The subject now calls himself contact man for the Military Affairs Committee and has an office, suite 357 , House Office &lilding, telephone NAtional 3120, extension 416.

3, The files of tbe Office of Naval Intelligence indicate that from 1926 to 1940 the subject posed as a preacher in Lake City, Florida, and operated as a C&tl\olic Cometary As11ociation, "The Sbrine of Christendom,• claiming to have discovered bodies of pre-historic men, which 1111re later proven to have been constructed of concrete and planted in a cava,

4. The subject ha1 fal111ly represented hilrulelf as a doctor of medicine, and has been suspected of being engaeed in espionage for some foreign government.

· 5, The subject has gone under 'Vllrious _, and wras engaged in cianufacturing illicit liquor, and was also connected witb a obain letter racket. Tbe !l\lbject has engaged in aendine messages in code , and ill con­sidered mentally unsound,

6, The !IUbject was born 1n Paris, France , October 11, 1676, and the Office of Naval Intelligence has no evidence that he ii a United State11 citizen.

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DICLASSIFID By Deputy Arohivi•t of the u.a. By I . J . Stewart Date JAN S 11973

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THK W HITK HOUeK

W.UHINGTON

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Attached hereto 1a a -andm

prepued b1 can: lh""1nc tacil1t1•• tor

dz7doclc1As 1D .t.uet.relia, '- :!eel encl and

compiled.

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SYDNEY

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.Au.trallan Ja"7• At Coob.too Doolqard 4e•tr019r. are 'bl&llt while oruiHH

and an &iroratt o&rrhr ot tbe •h• ot the HIR•!S (10 ,850 tou) oan be

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llarch 2, 1942.

Will 7ou check OD thiaT

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Report from J. Edgar Hoover r eportilli! that a ptlot of t he Eastern hirlines, flying north from Miami, Jlilll sighted two ships about ten miles apart and a sub­marine located i.bout mid'"ay bet ween t hem. He reported it t o the Office of Nav"l Intelligence. Nothing done obout it for several hours .

DICLASSIJ'ID By Deputy Archiviet ot the U. S.

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THIE WHITE HOU•IE

WMHINGTON

- 2, 1942.

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Memo f rom J, Edgar Hoover, dated April 27, 1942, repor tin& that a German fleet contacted the German Embassy in Buenos Aires, Ar1ent1na, ear ly on the morning ot April 24, 1942.

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THE WHITE HOU•E

WASHINGTON

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lla7 7, 1942.

ellOIWfWll ~· CAPTAII lloCJl&l1

A 1ood friend ot a1ne and t-be l•TJ'' • aenda .. the tollowln&• •I t-htQk .a•1oa• OU&bt- t-o look lnt-o a 16 alll1on dollar eont-NCt- itn01m11 u I w:lderat-and lt,, aa the South Boat-on •on.,_ let- by the JUI' au ot Dook1 and Yards ot uae Na.y. It- lookeci orl&lnal ... 7 u U the oon­t.ract would 10 t-o a llaa .. ctmaett-a cont.ractor,, a budd7 ot Sec.at-or Walah. Da1a ocmt-ractor,, as I und•r•t.nd lt-,, ••• uader lndlotact on ao lncOIM tax .. t.t-er aad tberetore •• d1aqual1t1ed. 1 underatalld tbe oont-raot­aubee41.ent-17 •u let- to anotber corporat-loa, •blob 1n reallt-7 1a nobodJ' llut t-hl orl&lnal bidder •bo bad bee d~'l&alll'led. 1 •bould t-blnk tba t an lnquill'J' fl'Om on t-op would 1•t­nowb1re,, but t-bel'I la a Lt. c. ender •bo 1a aecretc.l'J ot the 0 t tie., wbo is on the l•••l and lmoWa all the hot-a. Tb1a Lt. Coetander i• a lliob.1-an 1raduate. 1 be•• not been able to loe&t• b1a name •• 7et,, but­•111 1•t it abo1't-17.• •oul.d 70u please t-aU t-bla up priftt-eli and contid•t-lal.17 with Ben 11o ... 11 and Uk hi.a tor t-be taot-at

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WA8HINGTON

Ma7 22, 1942.

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POR IOOR PD.Eb.

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Enclosures re message to Mr. Curtin (Australia) Corr es from Admiral King, Sumner Welles, etc. May 20, 1942.

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THE WHITE HOUaE

WASHINGTON

June 12, 1942.

CAPTAIN !.lcCRE,.:

Will you speak to me a.bout

F.D. R.

Memo for the Pres. from H. H. 6/9/42 re President ~uezon•s desire to become a member of t e Pacific Viar Council.

THI: WHITll HOUS ll

WASHINGTO N

Au&ut 12. 1942.

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THE WHITE HOUSI:

WASHINGTON

hne 17, 1942.

llEJfORilDl.ll FOR

C.APTAlll McCREA 1

w111 · you •how th1a to the

Joint Board? I t -Y l.otereat th•.

F.D.R.

14e:norandum re J\LASKA HIGHWAY

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WAllHINGTON

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Rote 1'1'09 Lord ll&lifax, Britiab blbaesy, 9/25/42, to the ore111de11t , anclos~ copy of • telecna from the Vicerqr of Indie • Thie is a confidential paraphrase of telegl'811 f rom the Viceroy of India to Lord Halifax dated 9/'22/42, ln re Ill. tuation ln Ind l a.

THI: WHITll: H O USE

WASHINGITO N

0otob91' Jl, 1942.

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lloY.UU ao. 1942

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WASHINGTON

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WASHINGITON

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Encloaure

Latter troa ••· w1n1'1eld 8oott ()tmtncba, Cedar Park, R.1'. D. '2, Annapol 1•, lid. , undated, to the Preatdant, ad•iehlc tbat her bueband, who was tn c-8!!d ot Waka Ill.mid, and DO. i.n Sbanibal lalnicipal. Gaol, be releaMd.

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