Secretary of State Cordell Hull encouraged the president to make a speech outlining the aggressive nature of Imperial Japan and the deteriorating state of U.S.-Japanese diplomatic relations. Roosevelt immediately met with members of his cabinet and close advisers. Stimson told Roosevelt and Hopkins that the Empire of Japan had attacked the American fleet at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii. On the afternoon of December 7, 1941, a meeting between President Roosevelt and his chief adviser, Harry Hopkins, was interrupted by a telephone call from Secretary of War Henry Stimson. Nicknamed the "Date of Infamy Speech," it is one of the most famous political speeches of the 20th century. The sound recording was made available by the National Archives of the United States.
on Monday, December 8, 1941, in Washington, D.C. This speech was made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to a Joint Session of Congress at 12:30 p.m.
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