US Presidency
1941

For Hitler's advance guards not only his avowed agents but also his dupes among us have sought to make ready for him footholds, ( and ) bridgeheads in the New World, to be used as soon as he has gained control of the oceans. His intrigues, his plots, his machinations, his sabotage in this New World are all known to the Government of the United States. Conspiracy has followed conspiracy. For example, last year a plot to seize the Government of Uruguay was smashed by the prompt action of that country, which was supported in full by her American neighbors. A like plot was then hatching in Argentina, and that government has carefully and wisely blocked it at every point. More recently, an endeavor was made to subvert the government of Bolivia. And within the past few weeks the discovery was made of secret coequal fields in Colombia, within easy range of the Panama Canal. I could multiply instance(s ) upon instance. To be ultimately successful in world mastery, Hitler knows that he must get control of the seas.