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Malcolm Murfett

Historian

Aug 26, 2026

13:36
What was FDR Roosevelt's, uh, uh, view of, uh, Anglo-American relation, and particularly the UK at this period prior to the Panay incident?
13:45
Yeah, I think actually he was sympathetic.
13:49
I really do.
13:50
I think he was caught.
13:51
He knew that they -- he only had a certain amount of latitude.
13:56
Uh, the neutrality legislation was still very much in place.
14:00
Um, and isolationism was still, still there.

14 MINS LATER

28:16
Is it true to say that at the end of your narrative, Roosevelt had become much more robust on the, on, uh, relations with Japan than at the beginning of your narrative?
13:21
What was, uh, FDR Roosevelt's, uh, uh, view of, uh, Anglo-American relation, and particularly the UK at this period, prior to the Hull incident?
13:30
I th- Yeah, I think actually he was sympathetic.
13:34
I really do.
13:35
I think he was caught.
13:36
He knew that they ...
13:38
He only had a certain amount of latitude.
13:41
Uh, the neutrality legislation was still very much in place.

14 MINS LATER

28:13
Is it true to say that at the end of your narrative, Roosevelt had become much more robust on the, on, uh, relations with Japan than at the beginning of your narrative?
13:36
What was FDR Roosevelt's view of Anglo-American relations, and particularly the UK at this period, prior to the Apollo incident?
13:45
Yeah, I think actually he was sympathetic.
13:49
I really do.
13:50
I think he was caught.
13:51
He knew that he only had a certain amount of latitude.
13:56
The neutrality of legislation was still very much in place.
14:01
And isolationism was still there.

14 MINS LATER

27:58
I think is the answer to that.
13:51
What was FDR Roosevelt's view of Anglo-American relations, and particularly the UK at this period, prior to the Apollo incident?
14:00
Yeah, I think actually he was sympathetic.
14:04
I really do.
14:05
I think he was caught.
14:06
He knew that he only had a certain amount of latitude.
14:11
The neutrality of legislation was still very much in place.
14:16
And isolationism was still there.

15 MINS LATER

29:14
I think is the answer to that.
13:51
What was FDR Roosevelt's view of Anglo-American relations, and particularly the UK at this period, prior to the Apollo incident?
14:00
Yeah, I think actually he was sympathetic.
14:04
I really do.
14:05
I think he was caught.
14:06
He knew that he only had a certain amount of latitude.
14:11
The neutrality of legislation was still very much in place.
14:16
And isolationism was still there.

15 MINS LATER

29:13
I think

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