The Blackout Of Hawaii On The Eve Of Pearl Harbor

"Although there is no doubt that after September, 1939, Roosevelt
definitely preferred to get into the war directly in Europe, he had
always kept Japan as an ace in his sleeve ever since his meeting with
Stimson in January, 1933, and the first meeting of his Cabinet in
March, 1933, as we have been told by then Postmaster-General James A.
Farley."