c-span: back to vincent astor. was he the one that went on the trip to try to find some intelligence over in japan? >> guest: yeah. again, this indicates the rather amateurish intelligence that roosevelt conducted prior to forming a formal agency in--in the oss. astor had a magnificent ocean-going yacht called the nourmahal. it had a crew of over 40 members. fdr asks vincent astor to cruise the pacific, seemingly on a pleasure junket, and hit places in the marshall islands, which were then managed by japan as--as a mandate, and to report on our preparations there. and this was great fun for vincent astor and a great adventure. he subsequently thought this would lead to his becoming fdr's chief of intelligence, but he's up against tougher rivals in donovan and some others. c-span: john franklin carter. you've got a photo of him in your book. who does--who is he? >> guest: john franklin carter--interesting man--was a columnist in washington. at one point he wangles an appointment with the president in the oval office