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At any rate, I got the impression that Homer wasn't telling us the whole story, that he was muddying it, and I found myself feeling very embarrassed and looking at the startled look on Hatton Sumners face, who didn't have a mobile face by any means. He didn't show every emotion, but a look of complete astonishment was on his face. Most of the other people who were there were sort of looking down, which is what people do when they're startled and it's not polite to say anything. I found that most of the members of the Cabinet were looking firmly at the table. I came to the conclusion, therefore, that Homer was not telling us the whole story in the words that he put before us. That might have been all that he thought it was important for us to know. I don't know about that.

I had the definite impression that the President didn't fully know this plan, and that while it might all have been discussed with him piecemeal, I didn't think it was discussed with him completely. I also had the feeling that it was the thing that had been referred to all along.

Harold Stephens also believes that Roosevelt was never made fully aware of the entire pattern, that whatever was discussed with him was discussed with him





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