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230 “a longer period” and other Jacob Beam quotes: Jacob Beam’s unpublished manuscript with no title page (courtesy of Alex Beam).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238 Among Beam’s acquaintances: Beam’s unpublished manuscript; and John V. H. Dippel, Two Against Hitler: Stealing the Nazis’ Best-Kept Secrets, which offers an extensive account of Respondek’s role.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240 “stout piece of work”: Beam, unpublished manuscript.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240 “completely different” and rest of Beam’s observations: Beam, unpublished manuscript.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241 Angus Thuermer: quotes and information from Thuermer interviewed by author (2009) and Thuermer’s unpublished manuscript “What to Do if Your Moustache Falls Off.”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 Katchen Smith: Katchen 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.
249 “stolid, not overly” to “at all times friendly”: Ibid., 54.
249 “Heil Hitler”: Ibid., 37.
250 “… however greatly”: Ibid., 11.
250 “Beneath the propaganda”: Ibid., 10.
250 “It was Al”: Katharine Smith memoir, Truman Smith Papers, boxes 4 and 6, Hoover.
250 “I like to think”: Wedemeyer, 60.
250 “I had been disillusioned”: Ibid., 61.
251 “When I reported” to “I don’t want to sound like”: Memorandum to Colonel Eiler, Albert C. Wedemeyer Papers, box 6, folder 35, Hoover.
252 “A brief calendar”: Mowrer, Germany Puts the Clock Back, 250.
252 “an awesome sight”: Beam, unpublished manuscript.
252 “many methods” and budget request: Manfred Jonas, The United States and Germany: A Diplomatic History, 233.
252 “his eyes aglow”: Hooker, ed., 232.
252 “George, I wonder” and rest of Messersmith-Moffat exchange: Jesse H. Stiller, George S. Messersmith: Diplomat of Democracy, 135.
253 On April 14: Jonas, 234.
253 “could advantageously bend”: Hooker, ed., 220.
254 “the undisputed dean” and other quotes from Cosmopolitan, April and May 1939 issues: Wiegand Papers, box 31, Hoover.
