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Collection StructureAmerica First Committee records
> Interview with Brigadier General Robert E. Wood on 25 July 1941
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Interview with Brigadier General Robert E. Wood on 25 July 1941
Collection TitleAmerica First Committee records
Date CreatedJuly 25, 1941
Description
Wood describes the activities of the America First Committee. He says both the committee and its opponents credit it with keeping America out of war at least two times in the past. The conversation also touches on Charles Lindbergh, Secretary Knox, accusations of Nazi funding, Wood's prediction for the end of the war, America going off the gold standard, the stand of the committee on national defense, future American foreign policy, British ambassadors, and the American economy. The general believes America cannot be invaded. He says the committee members are doing their civic duty to try to keep America out of the war.
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Hoover ID42001_a_0002839
Record Number42001.3
Collection Guidehttps://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf9s20075g
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