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214 “ a harmless joke”: Conradi, 209.

214 “ an elaborate hoax”: David George Marwell, “Unwonted Exile: A Biography of Ernst ‘Putzi’ Hanfstaengl,” Ph.D. dissertation, 13; and Marwell interviewed by author (2011).

214 Back in Berlin and rest of Lochner’s account of tracking down Hanfstaengl: Lochner, Always the Unexpected , 184–186.

215 “ I certainly would not”: Dodd and Dodd, eds., Ambassador Dodd’s Diary , 119.

215 “ What in the world is the use”: Dallek, Democrat and Diplomat , 271.

216 “ telegram deficiency”: Ibid., 272–273.

216 “ a historian of” and other Smith quotes: Hessen, ed., 79.

216 “ I have seldom”: Katharine Smith’s unpublished memoir.

217 “ four years’ service”: Dallek, 295.

217 “ In Berlin once more”: Dodd and Dodd, eds., Ambassador Dodd’s Diary , 430.

217 “ There were and are still”: Ibid., 445.

217 “ Hitler intends to”: Dallek, 332.

217 “ The Russians of”: Martha Dodd, 343.

218 “ Martha argues that”: Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev, The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America—the Stalin Era , 52.

218 “ frankly expressed”: Ibid., 53.

218 “ we have agreed” and subsequent encounter with Slutsky, and Martha’s statement: Ibid., 55–56.

219 “ Boris, dear!”: Ibid., 61.

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220 “ whether it was” and other quotes from Smith: Howard K. Smith, Last Train from Berlin , 4–16.

222 Like many wealthy undergraduates and quotes from JFK’s diary: Lubrich, ed., Travels in the Reich , 159–161.

223 “ The trip up the Rhine” and rest of diary entries along with letter from German engineer to Randolph: Rebecca McBride, “Europe 1938: Travel Diary of John F. Randolph Annotated by His Daughter,” Leo Baeck Institute Archives.

224 “ I simply draped”: Howard K. Smith, 26–27.

225 “ Murrow, Columbia Broadcasting” and Shirer about Murrow: Shirer, Berlin Diary , 79–80.

226 “ Personally, they have not” and other reflections on Berlin experiences: Ibid., 83–87.

226 “ The worst has happened”: Ibid., 95.

227 “ plays nicely”: Ibid., 90.

227 “ a shouting, hysterical”: Ibid., 97.

227 “ What’s that”: Ibid., 100.

227 “ Well , meine Damen” and rest of café scene: Ibid., 101.

227 “ Where did” and flights: Ibid., 103.

228 “ This morning when”: William L. Shirer, “ This Is Berlin”: Radio Broadcasts from Nazi Germany , 14.

228 “ entanglements” and Hoover visit to Germany: Gary Dean Best, Herbert Hoover: The Postpresidential Years, 1933–1964 , Vol. I, 1933–1945 , 103.

228 “ that Hitler was” and other Arentz quotes: Oral history interview of Samuel S. Arentz by Raymond Henle, Oct. 5, 1966, Herbert Hoover Oral History Program, box 2, Hoover. Additional details on Hoover-Hitler meeting, from Richard Norton Smith, An Uncommon Man: The Triumph of Herbert Hoover , 253–256.

229 Greeted by: Richard Norton Smith, 255–256.

229 “ Yes, that’s” and discussion of Russia: Arentz interviewed by Henle.

229 “ many menaces”: Best, 103.

229 “ have all the hideous”: Ibid., 104.

230 “ a longer period” and other Jacob Beam quotes: Jacob Beam’s unpublished manuscript with no title page (courtesy of Alex Beam).

231 The daughter of and rest of background of Muriel White: “American Countess Menaced with Bomb,” New York Times , Jan. 16, 1911.

231 “ Foreign women” and American Women’s Club: Sigrid Schultz, Germany Will Try It Again , 137.

231 “ commanded a hysterical”: Ibid., 135–136.

232 “ the great improvement” and other Dilling quotes about Nazi Germany: Glen Jeansonne, Women of the Far Right: The Mothers’ Movement and World War II , 13.

232 Schultz recalled seeing Dilling and exchange with young American woman and Hoffmann quote: Schultz, 136.

236 “ the principal impression” and other quotes from March 3, 1938, letter: Hugh R. Wilson, Jr., A Career Diplomat, The Third Chapter: The Third Reich , 18–21.

236 “ in the sense of”: Ibid., 21–22.

236 “ One may judge”: Ibid., 63.

237 “ the smoke and dust” and rest of letter to Hull: Ibid., 22–26.

237 “ confess that their hearts”: Ibid., 26.

237 “ of bringing our people” and Wilson’s response: Ibid., 28.

237 “ an attempt to work out”: Ibid., 37.

237 And he worried: Ibid., 38.

237 “ Twenty years ago”: Ibid., 39.

238 Among Beam’s acquaintances: Beam’s unpublished manuscript; and John V. H. Dippel, Two Against Hitler: Stealing the Nazis’ Best-Kept Secrets , which offers an extensive account of Respondek’s role. Information about Beam’s encounter with Respondek and Muckermann, along with their background information, is drawn from both of these accounts.

240 “ We had watched”: Erich von Manstein, Lost Victories , 23–24.

240 “ the spontaneous outburst”: Wilson, A Career Diplomat , 51.

240 “ stout piece of work”: Beam, unpublished manuscript.

240 “ I do think”: Nancy Harvison Hooker, ed., The Moffat Papers: Selections from the Diplomatic Journals of Jay Pierrepont Moffat, 1919–1943 , 217.

240 “ completely different” and rest of Beam’s observations: Beam, unpublished manuscript.

241 “ He’s still got”: Shirer, Berlin Diary , 142.

241 “ For if they do”: Ibid., 135.

241 “ a curious commentary” and rest of September 30 entries: Ibid., 144–145.

241 Angus Thuermer: quotes and information from Thuermer interviewed by author (2009) and Thuermer’s unpublished manuscript “What to Do if Your Moustache Falls Off.”

244 Charles Thayer and his account: Charles W. Thayer, The Unquiet Germans , 161–163.

245 Phillips Talbot and his account: Phillips Talbot letter of Dec. 27, 1938 (courtesy of Talbot and the Holocaust Museum); and Talbot interviewed by author (2009).

245 In a letter to: Wilson, A Career Diplomat , 60.

246 “ It was suggested”: Albert C. Wedemeyer, Wedemeyer Reports! , 50.

247 “ tall and handsome”: Katharine Smith’s unpublished memoir, Truman Smith Papers, boxes 4 and 6, Hoover.

247 Kätchen Smith: Kätchen interviewed by author (2010).

247 “ out-going, hard-working” and “ I hope she is not”: Katharine Smith memoir, Truman Smith Papers, boxes 4 and 6, Hoover.

247 147-page report and all quotations from report: Albert C. Wedemeyer Papers, box 6, folder 35, Hoover.

248 “ German methods”: Wedemeyer, Wedemeyer Reports! , 50.

248 “ outstanding as”: Ibid., 52.

248 “ One of the”: Ibid., 53.

249 “ But assuredly”: Ibid., 60.

249 “ subtly revealed” and “ There would be” and “ not always discreet”: Ibid., 56–57.