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125. The President Requests War
Declaration 125 ( "December 7, 1941
A Date Which Will Live in Infamy"
Address to the Congress Asking That
a State of War Be Declared Between
the United States and Japan.
December 8, 1941

Mr. Vice President, and Mr. Speaker,

and Members of the Senate and
House of Representatives:

YESTERDAY, December 7, 1941 a date

which will live in infamy the United
States of America was suddenly and
deliberately attacked by naval and air
forces of the Empire of Japan.

The United States was at peace with

that Nation and, at the solicitation of
Japan, was still in conversation with its
Government and its Emperor looking
toward the maintenance of peace in
the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after
Japanese air squadrons had
commenced bombing in the
American Island of Oahu, the
Japanese Ambassador to the United
States and his colleague delivered to
our Secretary of State a formal reply
to a recent American message. And
while this reply stated that it seemed
useless to continue the existing
diplomatic negotiations, it contained
no threat or hint of war or of armed

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