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 Washington, 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.
6 "in the interests of business": Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 58. A slightly different translation appears at Va.s.siliev, Notebooks, White Notebook #2, 33. "in the interests of business": Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 58. A slightly different translation appears at Va.s.siliev, Notebooks, White Notebook #2, 33.
7 "I don"t quite understand": Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 58; Va.s.siliev, Notebooks, White Notebook #2, 45, March 21, 1937. "I don"t quite understand": Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 58; Va.s.siliev, Notebooks, White Notebook #2, 45, March 21, 1937.
8 "Juliet #2": Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 5859; Va.s.siliev, Notebooks, White Notebook #2, 45, March 21, 1937. "Juliet #2": Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 5859; Va.s.siliev, Notebooks, White Notebook #2, 45, March 21, 1937.
9 The meeting "went off well": Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 59; Va.s.siliev, Notebooks, White Notebook #2, 51, Nov. 12, 1937. Here the translation reads: "The meeting with "Liza" was successful. She was in a good mood...." The meeting "went off well": Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 59; Va.s.siliev, Notebooks, White Notebook #2, 51, Nov. 12, 1937. Here the translation reads: "The meeting with "Liza" was successful. She was in a good mood...."
Chapter 54: A Dream of Love.
1 "It is so humiliating to me": Dodd, "It is so humiliating to me": Dodd, Diary Diary, 276.
2 "With Germany united": Dodd to Hull, Aug. 30, 1934, Box 44, W. E. Dodd Papers. "With Germany united": Dodd to Hull, Aug. 30, 1934, Box 44, W. E. Dodd Papers.
3 "In my judgment, the German authorities": Dodd to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Aug. 27, 1934, Box 44, W. E. Dodd Papers. "In my judgment, the German authorities": Dodd to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Aug. 27, 1934, Box 44, W. E. Dodd Papers.
4 "If Woodrow Wilson"s bones": Dallek, 279. "If Woodrow Wilson"s bones": Dallek, 279.
5 "the delicate work of watching": Dodd, "the delicate work of watching": Dodd, Diary Diary, 216.
6 "What in the world is the use": Phillips, Diary, n.d., 1219. "What in the world is the use": Phillips, Diary, n.d., 1219.
7 "That you have found me": Kershaw, "That you have found me": Kershaw, Myth Myth, 82.
8 "With armies increasing in size": Dodd to Hull, Sept. 19, 1936, Box 49, W. E. Dodd Papers. "With armies increasing in size": Dodd to Hull, Sept. 19, 1936, Box 49, W. E. Dodd Papers.
9 "You must not mention to anyone": Dodd to Martha, Oct. 28, 1936, Box 62, W. E. Dodd Papers. "You must not mention to anyone": Dodd to Martha, Oct. 28, 1936, Box 62, W. E. Dodd Papers.
10 "Dodd has many admirable and likeable qualities": William C. Bullitt to Roosevelt, Dec. 7, 1936, in Bullitt, 19495. "Dodd has many admirable and likeable qualities": William C. Bullitt to Roosevelt, Dec. 7, 1936, in Bullitt, 19495.
11 "Personally, I cannot see": Moffat, Diary, Aug. 27, 1934. "Personally, I cannot see": Moffat, Diary, Aug. 27, 1934.
12 "attacking me violently": Dodd, "attacking me violently": Dodd, Diary Diary, 371.
13 "My position is difficult": Ibid., 372. "My position is difficult": Ibid., 372.
14 "I thought of you, my dear": Mrs. Dodd to Dodd, July 25, 1937, Box 62, W. E. Dodd Papers. "I thought of you, my dear": Mrs. Dodd to Dodd, July 25, 1937, Box 62, W. E. Dodd Papers.
15 "spread over the nerve connections": Dodd, "spread over the nerve connections": Dodd, Diary Diary, 334.
16 "at sixty-five one must take stock": Dr. Thomas R. Brown to Dodd, March 7, 1935, Box 46, W. E. Dodd Papers. "at sixty-five one must take stock": Dr. Thomas R. Brown to Dodd, March 7, 1935, Box 46, W. E. Dodd Papers.
17 "It was quite obvious that something had happened": Messersmith, "Visits to Berlin," unpublished memoir, 10, Messersmith Papers. "It was quite obvious that something had happened": Messersmith, "Visits to Berlin," unpublished memoir, 10, Messersmith Papers.
18 "I think he was so thoroughly appalled": Ibid., 10. "I think he was so thoroughly appalled": Ibid., 10.
19 "speak the truth about things": Dodd, "speak the truth about things": Dodd, Diary Diary, 426.
20 "I have long believed Welles was opposed to me": Ibid., 427. "I have long believed Welles was opposed to me": Ibid., 427.
21 "I have not the slightest doubt": R. Walton Moore to Dodd, Dec. 14, 1937, Box 52, W. E. Dodd Papers. "I have not the slightest doubt": R. Walton Moore to Dodd, Dec. 14, 1937, Box 52, W. E. Dodd Papers.
22 "desired to make it plain": Dallek, 313. "desired to make it plain": Dallek, 313.
23 Hyde Park-"a marvelous place": Dodd, Hyde Park-"a marvelous place": Dodd, Diary Diary, 42829.
24 "In Berlin once more.": Dodd, "In Berlin once more.": Dodd, Diary Diary, 430.
25 "Much as the President regrets any personal inconvenience": Hull to Dodd, Nov. 23, 1937, Box 51, W. E. Dodd Papers. "Much as the President regrets any personal inconvenience": Hull to Dodd, Nov. 23, 1937, Box 51, W. E. Dodd Papers.
26 "Until now I have lived with the memory": Boris to Martha, April 29, 1938, Box 10, W. E. Dodd Papers. "Until now I have lived with the memory": Boris to Martha, April 29, 1938, Box 10, W. E. Dodd Papers.
27 They became engaged: They became engaged: Chicago Daily Tribune Chicago Daily Tribune, Sept. 5, 1938; New York Times New York Times, Sept. 5, 1938; Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 61; Va.s.siliev, Notebooks, White Notebook #2, 56, July 9, 1938, 28 "You know, honey": Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 61; Va.s.siliev, Notebooks, White Notebook #2, 56, July 9, 1938. In Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, the translation reads "honey"; in the notebooks, "darling." "You know, honey": Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 61; Va.s.siliev, Notebooks, White Notebook #2, 56, July 9, 1938. In Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, the translation reads "honey"; in the notebooks, "darling."
29 She never learned that Boris"s last letter: Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 6162. She never learned that Boris"s last letter: Weinstein and Va.s.siliev, 6162.
Chapter 55: As Darkness Fell.
1 "must face the sad fact": "must face the sad fact": New York Times New York Times, Dec. 23, 1937.
2 "Mankind is in grave danger": "Mankind is in grave danger": New York Times New York Times, Jan. 14, 1938.
3 "I personally felt quite strongly": Moffat, Diary, Jan. 14, 1938. "I personally felt quite strongly": Moffat, Diary, Jan. 14, 1938.
4 "Great Britain," he said: "Great Britain," he said: New York Times New York Times, Feb. 22, 1938.
5 "I do wish we were all nearer together": Mrs. Dodd to Martha, Feb. 26, 1938, Box 63, Martha Dodd Papers. "I do wish we were all nearer together": Mrs. Dodd to Martha, Feb. 26, 1938, Box 63, Martha Dodd Papers.
6 "So far I can"t get anything done": Mrs. Dodd to Martha, April 26, 1938, Box 1, Martha Dodd Papers. "So far I can"t get anything done": Mrs. Dodd to Martha, April 26, 1938, Box 1, Martha Dodd Papers.
7 "Wish I did have a home": Mrs. Dodd to Martha, May 23, 1938, Box 1, Martha Dodd Papers. "Wish I did have a home": Mrs. Dodd to Martha, May 23, 1938, Box 1, Martha Dodd Papers.
8 "It was the greatest shock": Dodd, "It was the greatest shock": Dodd, Diary Diary, 446.
9 "the strain and terror of life": Dodd, "the strain and terror of life": Dodd, Emba.s.sy Eyes Emba.s.sy Eyes, 370.