the late Great War, and as freely accepted and defined by 
      Germany in 1935. From this, the United States ships should be 
      free to trade with countries against which their is not an effective 
      legal blockade.
 
      
 
 
(2) It would, I suggest, follow that protection should be 
      given to this lawful trading by United States forces i.e. escorting 
      battleships, cruisers, destroyers and air flotillas. Protection 
      would be immediately more effective if you were able to obtain 
      bases in Eire for the duration of the war. I think it is improbable 
      that such protection would provoke a declaration of war by Germany 
      upon the United States though probably sea incidents of a dangerous 
      character would from time to time occur. Hitler has shown himself 
      inclined to avoid the Kaiser's mistake. He does not wish to be 
      drawn into war with the United States until he has gravely undermined 
      the power of Great Britain. His maxim is "one at a time". 
      The policy I have ventured to outline, or something like it, 
      would constitute a decisive act of constructive non-belligerency 
      by the United States, and more than any other measure