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10 ”quite exciting”: Moffat, Diary, July 17, 1934. ”quite exciting”: Moffat, Diary, July 17, 1934.

11 ”this would be extremely difficult”: Dodd to Hull, July 6, 1934, State/Foreign. ”this would be extremely difficult”: Dodd to Hull, July 6, 1934, State/Foreign.

12 ”By his own showing”: Moffat, Diary, July 78, 1934. ”By his own showing”: Moffat, Diary, July 78, 1934.

13 Hull angrily ordered Moffat: Ibid. Hull angrily ordered Moffat: Ibid.

14 ”with the utmost vigor”: Hull to Dodd, July 7, 1934, State/Foreign. ”with the utmost vigor”: Hull to Dodd, July 7, 1934, State/Foreign.

15 ”It was a fairly stiff telegram”: Moffat, Diary, July 78, 1934. ”It was a fairly stiff telegram”: Moffat, Diary, July 78, 1934.

16 ”Amba.s.sador Dud”: Moffat, Diary, July 5, 1934. ”Amba.s.sador Dud”: Moffat, Diary, July 5, 1934.

17 ”The Secretary kept repeating”: Moffat, Diary, July 11, 1934. ”The Secretary kept repeating”: Moffat, Diary, July 11, 1934.

18 ”the entire State Department”: Ibid. ”the entire State Department”: Ibid.

19 ”Our people will have to lose their bonds”: Dodd to Hull, Aug. 2, 1934, vol. 37, Reel 11, Hull Papers. ”Our people will have to lose their bonds”: Dodd to Hull, Aug. 2, 1934, vol. 37, Reel 11, Hull Papers.

20 ”an interesting trip”: Dodd, ”an interesting trip”: Dodd, Emba.s.sy Eyes Emba.s.sy Eyes, 170.

21 A photographer captured her looking jaunty: Ibid., opposite 198. A photographer captured her looking jaunty: Ibid., opposite 198.

22 ”I had had enough of blood and terror”: Ibid., 169. ”I had had enough of blood and terror”: Ibid., 169.

23 ”I could not have imagined the outbreak against the Jews”: Dodd to Daniel C. Roper, Aug. 14, 1934, Box 45, W. E. Dodd Papers. ”I could not have imagined the outbreak against the Jews”: Dodd to Daniel C. Roper, Aug. 14, 1934, Box 45, W. E. Dodd Papers.

24 ”From the reports placed before me”: Wheeler-Bennett, ”From the reports placed before me”: Wheeler-Bennett, Nemesis Nemesis, 32526.

25 ”energetic and successful proceeding”: Ibid., 326n1. ”energetic and successful proceeding”: Ibid., 326n1.

26 ”it was a relief that he did not appear.”: Dodd, ”it was a relief that he did not appear.”: Dodd, Diary Diary, 121.

27 ”My task here is to work for peace”: Ibid., 123. ”My task here is to work for peace”: Ibid., 123.

28 He vowed never to host: Ibid., 126. He vowed never to host: Ibid., 126.

Chapter 52: Only the Horses.

1 ”I shall not attend the address”: Dodd, ”I shall not attend the address”: Dodd, Diary Diary, 127.

Sir Eric Phipps, in his own diary, wrote, ”So long as the Reichstag merely serves as a convenient platform for the glorification of crime and for attacks on foreign heads of mission in Berlin, I propose to leave vacant the seat which in normal circ.u.mstances The King's representative might be glad occasionally to occupy.” Phipps, 68.

2 ”Deputies,” Hitler said: A translation of Hitler's speech appears in Gallo, 298307. Most accounts agree that Hitler claimed only seventy-seven people had been killed, though at least one (Evans, ”Deputies,” Hitler said: A translation of Hitler's speech appears in Gallo, 298307. Most accounts agree that Hitler claimed only seventy-seven people had been killed, though at least one (Evans, Power Power, 39) states that Hitler put the number at seventy-four. See also Birchall, 209.

3 Had Dodd been present: Birchall, 209. Had Dodd been present: Birchall, 209.

4 ”They stood face to face on the dais”: Ibid. ”They stood face to face on the dais”: Ibid.

5 ” ”NOTHING MORE REPULSIVE”: Dodd to Hull, July 14, 1934, Box 44, W. E. Dodd Papers.

In Was.h.i.+ngton, Jay Pierrepont Moffat was able to listen to Hitler's speech over the radio. ”It struck me as full of ba.n.a.lities and by far the weakest speech he has thus far made,” Moffat wrote in his diary entry for July 13, 1934. ”The transmission was extraordinarily clear. He has a curious rasping voice which at moments of excitement rose almost to a shriek. He gave no proof of the conspiracy and his remarks with regard to the outside world were distinctly weak.” Moffat, Diary, July 13, 1934.

6 ”as if they were chloroformed”: Quoted in Conradi, 168. ”as if they were chloroformed”: Quoted in Conradi, 168.

7 ”A few days ago in Germany”: Quoted in Hull to Roosevelt, July 13, 1934, State/Foreign. ”A few days ago in Germany”: Quoted in Hull to Roosevelt, July 13, 1934, State/Foreign.

8 Dodd at first seemed inclined to believe: For the evolution of Dodd's thinking, see Dodd to Hull, July 2, 1934; Dodd to Hull, July 5, 1934; Dodd to Hull, July 6, 1934; and Dodd to Hull, July 7, 1934, all in State/Foreign. Dodd at first seemed inclined to believe: For the evolution of Dodd's thinking, see Dodd to Hull, July 2, 1934; Dodd to Hull, July 5, 1934; Dodd to Hull, July 6, 1934; and Dodd to Hull, July 7, 1934, all in State/Foreign.

9 Britain's Sir Eric Phipps initially accepted the official story: Britain's Sir Eric Phipps initially accepted the official story: Phipps, 14, 61.

10 ”It has not increased his charm”: Ibid., 76. ”It has not increased his charm”: Ibid., 76.

11 ”a type of gangland bloodbath”: Kershaw, ”a type of gangland bloodbath”: Kershaw, Hubris Hubris, 522.

12 ”I...had no idea that this hour of lightning”: Diels, 382. ”I...had no idea that this hour of lightning”: Diels, 382.

13 An intelligence report from the exiled Social Democrats: Kershaw, An intelligence report from the exiled Social Democrats: Kershaw, Myth Myth, 87.

14 ”an even more terroristic regime”: Dodd to Hull, Aug. 2, 1934, Box 44, W. E. Dodd Papers. ”an even more terroristic regime”: Dodd to Hull, Aug. 2, 1934, Box 44, W. E. Dodd Papers.

15 ”The people hardly noticed this complete coup d'etat”: Klemperer, ”The people hardly noticed this complete coup d'etat”: Klemperer, Witness Witness, 80.

16 ”Today Hitler is the Whole of Germany”: Kershaw, ”Today Hitler is the Whole of Germany”: Kershaw, Myth Myth, 68.

17 ”At a time when nearly every German”: Dodd, ”At a time when nearly every German”: Dodd, Diary Diary, 14041.

Chapter 53: Juliet #2.

1 ”I am very sad”: Boris to Martha, July 11, 1934, Box 10, Martha Dodd Papers. Also see, Boris to Martha, ”late July-1934,” and Boris to Martha, ”early Aug. 1934,” both also in Box 10. ”I am very sad”: Boris to Martha, July 11, 1934, Box 10, Martha Dodd Papers. Also see, Boris to Martha, ”late July-1934,” and Boris to Martha, ”early Aug. 1934,” both also in Box 10.

2 ”You are the one”: Boris to Martha, Aug. 5, 1934, Box 10, Martha Dodd Papers. ”You are the one”: Boris to Martha, Aug. 5, 1934, Box 10, Martha Dodd Papers.

3 Martha was approached by emissaries: Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 52. Martha was approached by emissaries: Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 52.

4 ”The entire Dodd family”: Ibid., 52; Va.s.siliev, Notebooks, White Notebook #2, 25. ”The entire Dodd family”: Ibid., 52; Va.s.siliev, Notebooks, White Notebook #2, 25.

5 she formally pet.i.tioned Stalin: Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 55; Va.s.siliev, Notebooks, White Notebook #2, 37, March 14, 1937. she formally pet.i.tioned Stalin: Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 55; Va.s.siliev, Notebooks, White Notebook #2, 37, March 14, 1937.