The ostensibly neutral USS Greer, commanded by commander (sic) John J. Mahoney opens fire upon U-652 of the Navy of fascist Germany, commanded by Lieutenant Georg-Werner Fraatz. This is an act of war. De facto Commander-in-Chief Franklin Roosevelt, Esq., reports to the nation that the submarine had fired first, in an unprovoked attack. However, the Greer had been stalking the ship for three hours and radioing its position to the British Royal Navy. Hostile fire was initiated by the Greer when it became apparent that the Royal Navy would not arrive in time.
NOTES:
- Germany will not declare war for another three months.
- NOTE: As an attorney (Officer of the Court) Roosevelt was ineligible to serve in two branches of government at the same time, according to Article I, Section 6 [Clause 2].
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Lieutenant commander (sic) Joseph John Rochefort, commander Station HYPO, Pearl Harbor, of the navy of the United States, decodes a message indicating that, three days previous, the civilian Merchant Marine Fleet of the Empire of Japan has pulled completely out of China and been militarized, now receiving its orders exclusively from the Imperial Navy. This report is officially ignored by de facto Commander-in-Chief Franklin Roosevelt, Esq.
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References:
“Submarine Attacks U.S. Destroyer Greer; Latter Undamaged, Drops Depth Charges; Leningrad Ringed, Say Nazis; Soviets Deny it; Torpedoes Go Wild; Vessel on the Way to Iceland With Mail From Here; Attacker is Unidentified,” New York Times, 5 September 1941, 1.
Peter Baker, “The Price Churchill Paid,” the Welebaethan, (1997): 159.
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 353.
Stinnett, Robert B., Day of Deceit: The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor, (New York: Touchstone, 1999), 122, 125, 128, 354(n9).
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