NEW YEARS DAY: Democratic (socialist/fascist) de facto President Franklin Roosevelt, Esq., in a memorandum to Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., secretary of state, expresses his fears about becoming involved in a land war in Asia: “I still do not want to get mixed up in any Indochina decision. … [A]ction at this time is premature.”

       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].

       [added 5/10/2025]

Subsequent Events:

3/11/1945                 1/15/1962                 3/8/1965

References:

Stanley A. Karnow, Vietnam: A History, (1983; New York: Penguin, 1997), 148.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,216,389,414,480

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