This book has been brought to publication with the generous assistance of the Chester Kerr Publication Fund.

© 1995 Irwin F. Gellman

All rights reserved. Published 1995

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ISBN 0–8018–5083–5

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gellman, Irwin F.

Secret affairs : Franklin Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, and Sumner Welles / Irwin F. Gellman.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0–8018–5083–5

1. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882–1945—Friends and associates.   2. Hull, Cordell, 1871–1955.   3. Welles, Sumner, 1892–.   4. United States—Foreign relations—1933–1945.   5. World War, 1939–1945—Diplomatic history.   I. Title.

E807.G44    1995

973.917′092′2—dc20

[B]

94-46558

CIP

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