m olson reported from stockholm in a cable only found in morgenthau's records, and although not full proof, it's desirable from a security point of view. at this time we do not recommend bank transfers, unavoid my attract notice and suspicion. so olson used this money to purchase boats and guns because the treasury staff who had spent 3 war keeping money out of the hands of enemy now argued humanitarian aid was more important than adhering to the rules. in switzerland which was, like i said, surrounded completely by enemy territory, the war refugee board recruit ross mcclelland are, the californian who had been in the internment camp cans at the -- camps at the beginning of the book. most of his work involved jews deep inside enemy territory. among a myriad of oh things -- other things, he participates in ransom negotiations with the nazis who were trying to use america's supposed newfound interest in refugees to offer, basically, jews for sale. the u.s. is never going to agree to pay ransom, but mcclelland and sally meyer, who was the american jewish joint distribution committee's r

this is definitely a high watermark for the assertive morgenthau deal. >> thanks for a great talk. did the flying tigers play any role in the chinese military history? had they've been established because within the chinese military? [inaudible] >> it's a great question and my old roommate david who i started this project with when we were rooming together, it's a real book now david. it's a great question and it's one of those remarkable things about the story. it's a forgotten story in the u.s. and it's fascinating when you talk -- i was just with the last surviving flying tiger who lives in columbus georgia and the final copy of the book was really meaningful because we became close over the course of writing it. he basically is treated like a celebrity. people swarm him in the streets. the name means a lot there and it's basically a forgotten story here. i think part of that is important for us to remember and also it's a bridge between our two cultures with all the tensions going on with china today i think it's important. they are dedicated to the flying tigers and more is be

bob morgenthau primacy of get into the courtroom within my first six months. i was trying a case within my first month. >> that's exciting. >> and i had a wonderful experience there. but it wasn't until i became a judge that understood the clerking was a lot more than that. it is not only the relationship with your colleagues, because even when you're working on a case in a firm or an instant institution with other lawyers, they are all sorted doing different things for different parts of it, but in clerking your constant talking to your co-clerks and learning from them, and you are learning what moves of judges. and you get to see in a year more papers, more briefs, more approaches on how to practice law then you will and and ten,, 20 years of practice. because every matter before you is different. so you're learning not just the processes of the court, but how to practice in a different way. and eventually i think i do with two clerks comes away understanding what is important, and that's hard to do if you never clerking for a judge. it's a little bit embarr