The Note was dispatched to Berlin at 10.05 p.m. Eastern Standard time. Copies were not sent to the other interested Powers, indicating that the President was placing the sole responsibility for peace squarely on Herr Adolf Hitler.
"The conscience and impelling desire of the people of my country demand that the voice of their Government be raised again and yet again to avert and avoid war," the President said.
*Resort to force in the Great War failed to bring tranquility. Victory end defeat alike are sterile."
The President said negotiations can be continued "if you give the word."
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