...word of untruth. This is borne out absolutely by the record. In all my 50 years of public service, I have never seen a document that was more crowded with infamous falsehoods and distortions — en a scale so huge that I never imagined until today that any government on this planet was capable...

...in Asia. Secretary Hull told the Japanese representatives, "In all my fifty years of public service I have never seen a document that was more crowded with infamous falsehoods and distortions." But the real Japanese answer had been delivered more than an hour earlier at Hickam Field and Pearl...

...10). Mr. Hull described the whole document on December 7 : tt In all my 50 years of public service I have never seen a document that was more crowded...that I never imagined until today that any government of this planet was capable of uttering them. The 13 parts and the pilot message instructing the Japanese...

...been received. In a speech filled with passion the Secretary denounced the note as "a document . . . crowded with infamous falsehoods and distortions —...distortions on a scale so huge that I never imagined any government on this planet was capable of uttering them." Stunned at the Secretary's indignation,...

...Secretary of State called it a statement "crowded with infamous falsehoods and distortions—infamous falsehoods and distortions on a scale so huge that...government on this planet was capable of uttering them." [Time: 2 PM to 4 PM There was a discussion of "What Policy Manchukuo Should Adopt Following the Outbreak...

...condemnatory, and ended with breaking off the negotiations. Secretary Hull said to the Japanese diplomats: "I have never seen a document that was more crowded with infamous falsehoods and distortions—infamous falsehoods and distortions on a scale so huge that I never imagined until today...

...Pacific settlement. When he had finished reading it, he said: "In all my fifty years of public service I have never seen a document that was more crowded...distortions on a scale so huge that I never imagined that any government on this planet was capable of uttering them." At that moment, early in the morning...

...He dismissed Nomura and Kurusu by characterizing the note's attempt to justify Japan's position as "infamous falsehoods and distortions on a scale so...Government on this planet was capable of uttering them." The timing of the delivery was later used to portray the Japanese as a treacherous foe who attacked...

...He dismissed Nomura and Kutusu by characretizing the nore's atrempt to justify Japan's position as "infamous falsehoods and distortions on a scale so...that any Government on this planet was capable of utreting them." The timing of the delivery was larer used to portray the Japanese as a treachetous...

...stand silently by and absorb Hull's self-righteous tirade: "In all my fifty years of public service I have never seen a document that was more crowded...Government on this planet was capable of uttering them."327 Competition for influence and recognition among the three embassy secretaries had been worrisome...