U.S. optimism (TIME, May 25) had rolled up like a giant wave. The news from Washington, gusty and robust, kicked it higher. The Pacific War Council said that even in the Far East the situation was "not bad." Even conservative Cordell Hull told newsmen that victory looked closer.
Suddenly Washington looked at the wave and grew afraid. It was mounting too high, it might spill on a reef of bad news in a spray of broken hopes. Abruptly the news changed. Washington tried to drive the wave back.
First a "high official" puffed: "Disappointments are ahead. . . ." Cordell Hull...
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