Mises Daily
Author:
Bettina Bien Greaves
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[This article first published in 2006 as “Japan’s Gift to FDR.” Liberty . 20, Volume 1, Issue 1: 19–27.] It was about 9:30 on the evening of December 6, 1941. Navy Lieutenant Lester R. Schulz, special deputy communication watch officer, assigned that evening to the White House “to receive [a] special message for the President,” proceeded to