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...after his arrival he paid a three-hour call on Emperor Hirohito. According to an officer of the Imperial Household, "he was deeply moved by the overwhelming honor . . . was greatly relieved after his return that he had made no blunder." Wang: "This is the most glorious day of my life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Puppet Show | 6/30/1941 | See Source »

...Secretary Knox denounced the Neutrality Act. "I am a firm believer, like the President, in the traditional policy of the freedom of the seas. I have been yelling for repeal of the Neutrality Act ever since it became a law. . . . I have always regarded that Act as a terrible blunder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: Freedom of the Seas | 6/2/1941 | See Source »

...said he always had regarded the neutrality law as a "terrible blunder...

Author: By United Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 5/22/1941 | See Source »

...Navy's one big admitted blunder has been its longtime failure to provide protection for anti-aircraft gun crews on the decks of its vessels. The Navy's Secretary Frank Knox* said last month: "Our officers appreciated the possibility of air attack, but their failure to translate the appreciation into protection for the ships is the one real miscalculation they made during the 20 years of peace." This miscalculation of the effectiveness of aircraft also was mirrored in the failure of the High Command to provide as much aircraft equipment as a modern navy should have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Preparedness 1941 | 5/19/1941 | See Source »

...brave people of London were half-informed, and their nerves were worn down by many things. They were wrong about the blunder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War, STRATEGY: Mediterranean Balance Sheet | 4/28/1941 | See Source »

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