he was the deputy to henry morgan ball, the treasury of the -- secretary of the treasury. morgan fall wasn't a particularly skillful treasury secretary economist. he relied heavily which accounted for more than it should have. one of his actual -- this is something that came out in the 90's is that the soviets didn't want to pan at the time being very aggressive in the pacific and eastern area and they wanted -- >> host: because the expected to end up in a war with germany. the agent came to washington. he gave him language to insert into the cable flow to the united states and japan and the diplomats at that time were working very hard to reach the notice. >> host: what was the time frame? >> guest: 1981. the run-up to perlo harbour and indeed that language went into what was considered by japan an ultimatum for the war at the end of november. >> host: but even before that, by trying to cut the supplies on the materials. >> guest: they were still trying to prevent this. so you had this also going on in tokyo come a very prized soviet agents working with the tokyo politica

winston churchill and henry morgan saw both said why i'm having a trial? what a waste of time. what a waste of everything. why not see him not to come kill a nazi. that would be the most morally efficient corrective thing to do. the united states and russia by the way -- an international tribunal, we will judge the nazis that way. on the streets of cairo simultaneously vichy collaborator being strangled industry. nobody said oh, my god, how come they don't have a trial for the vichy collaborator? both ideas seem like they were just as, also revenge. most of the not see war criminals were prosecuted, number, ended up dying or spent their lives in jail. they essentially were punished but we conducted a trial. but in the same regard the same way we treated say osama bin laden, right clicks could easily talk about, could been kidnapped and brought back to the united states to stand trial. he was shot in it and even said that's just it. but isn't it also revenge? doesn't courtroom -- ways khalid sheikh mohammed sitting in guantÁnamo bay and he is still, still hasn't had his military

he was the deputy to henry morgan thaw who's secretary of the treasury -- >> host: an important deputy. >> guest: henry was not a particularly skillful treasury secretary, economist, and he relied heavily -- >> host: close friends -- >> guest: he was a close friend and neighbor of fdr which counted for more than it should have, and harry dexter white was able to manipulate morgan thaw mercilessly. this was something that came out in the '90s was that the soviets didn't want japan to be aggressive, did not want to be attacked by japan, and they wanted -- >> host: because they probably expected to end up in a war with germany. >> guest: for whatever reason, they didn't want to have to worry about a war on their eastern flank, right. and so what you had happen was a man named pavlov, a kgb agent, came to washington, had lunch with harry dexter white at the old epic grill, it's still there, and he gave him language to insert into the cable flow going between the united states and japan, and our dip loo mats at -- diplomats at that time were working very hard -- >> host: so we're talking, '

winston churchill and henry morgan thaw both said why are we having a trial? the what a waste of time, what a waste of everything. why not just see a nazi, kill a nazi. that would be the most efficient, morally-correct thing to do. the united states and russia, by the way, we're going to have an international tribunal, and we will judge the nazis that way. on the streets of power simultaneously, collaborators were being strangled in the street. nobody said, oh, my god, how come we don't have a trial for the collaborators? both ideas seemed like they were justice, also revenge. you know, what most of the nazi war criminals who were prosecuted in nuremberg ended up dying or spending their lives in jail. they essentially were pun bished, but we conducted a trial. but in the same regard, the same way that we treated, you know, say, osama bin laden, right? could have easily been kidnapped. he was shot in the head, and everyone said that's justice. but isn't it also revenge? doesn't justice look like courtrooms? why is khalid sheikh mohammed sitting in guantanamo ba

winston churchill and henry morgan of said, why we have a trial? what a waste of time.hat a waste of everything. why not just the and not see and cannot see. that would be the most efficient and morally correct thing to do. the united states and russia, by the way, an international tribunal, and we will judge the nazis that way. on the streets of paris simultaneously collaborators are being strangled in the street. nobody said, oh, my god. how come we don't have a trial? both ideas seemed like they were justice. also revenge. what most of the nazi war criminals who were prosecuted in nuremberg ended up dying or spending their lives in jail. they essentially were punished, but we conducted the trial. but in the same regard of the same way that we treated, you know, say a terrorist. could have easily been -- i talked about this. get easily been kidnapped and brought back to the united states to stand trial. shot in the head and everyone said that is justice, but isn't it also revenge? does injustice look like or trust? why is "payback" sitting in guantanamo bay and he sti

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morgan. i'm sorry? >> [inaudible] >> robert morris. we can -- >> nathaniel green. >> william dunlap. >> right, patrick henry. we could go on and on. now, how many women can you name who were important -- >> abigail adams. [laughter] >> two. >> [inaudible] >> betsy ross. >> wait, wait, wait, okay? abigail adams, martha washington, margaret corbin, mercy otis warren, betty raz. >> martha washington, six, we're not going to get up to ten, are we? >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> that's another issue. she was part of a very interesting memoir. the point is that there were at least a million women who were witnesses or involved in the american revolution. but we don't know that much about them. and the accounts that we have from those who are left, and mrs. loring is a perfect example, among others, are very scant. there's only a few hints. we know, for instance, there were women spies, and we get a few sentences about that here and there. we know women during the lexington and con cold when the british were marching up the coast, american patriot women threw hot oil down on them. but we only have scraps. aside from the women you've mentio