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145
“liked the Dutch”:

146
“status quo ante bellum”
: UL, p. 149.

146
“no information …”: Crockett, p. 282.

147
“Her days were …”: Timothy Lindsey,
The Romance of K'Tut Tantri and Indonesia
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1997), p. 165.

148
“sounded like the …”: UL, p. 149.

148
“war wounds”: ibid., p. 190.

148
“What the hell …”: Crockett, p. 283.

148
“The lieutenant insisted …”: ibid.

149
“swilling whiskey …”: UL, p. 151.

149
“in light of …”: OSS/FIR, Military Attache Report, Colonel Kenneth Kennedy, Military Intelligence Division, October 11, 1945.

149
“We are of the opinion …”: ibid.

150
“salivating at …”: UL, p. 150.

150
“Incidents continue …”: OSS/FIR, Jane Foster, Situation Report, October 15, 1945.

150
“an undisguised …”: ibid.

150
“quite appalled …”: ibid.

151
“a complete stalemate”: ibid.

152
“brutal conduct”: Crockett, p. 283.

152
“The peoples of …”: ibid.

152
“the rattle of …”: UL, p. 152.

152
“Jane, have …”: ibid.

153
“fat Dutch sergeant”: ibid.

153
“GET FOSTER …”: UL, p. 152.

153
“Public opinion …”: ibid.

153
“OK, Jane …”: ibid.

154
“HAD NOT …”: UG, p. 298

154
“PEACE OF WORLD …”: ibid.

156
“the remnants of sugar …”: UL, p. 153.

158
“apparently enjoying …”: Archimedes L. A. Patti,
Why Vietnam?
(Berkeley: University of California Press), p. 317.

158
“Cochinchina is …”: ibid., p. 320.

159
“mistaken identity”: ibid., p. 322.

159
“not doing their stuff”: OSS/FIR, Memorandum for the President, Representative in Kandy to Donovan, September 28, 1945.

159
“Basically, the situation …”: UL, p. 154

160
“[Miss Foster] felt …”: Department of State Memorandum, “Conditions in Saigon,” December 12, 1945.

160
“It was apparent …”: ibid.

160
“Boycotts and …”: ibid.

161
“The general situation …”: Gunn, “Origins.”

161
“the single immediate …”: ibid.

161
“on the par …”: UL, p. 154.

161
“to get the French back …”:
Vietnam: A Television History
, “The Roots of War (1945–1953),” written and produced by Judith Vecchione for American Experience. WGBH Educational Foundation, 1983/2007.

162
“the best journalist”: UL, p. 154.

163
“practically all”: ibid.

163
“If there is anything …”: Edgar Snow, “Secrets from Siam,”
Saturday Evening Post
, January 12, 1946.

164
“as secret as La Guardia …”: Reynolds,
Thailand's Secret War
, p. 303.

165
“But I had …”: UL, p. 155.

165
“stern self-discipline …”: ibid.

165
“Of all the …”: ST.

166
“There was no …”: UL, p. 155.

166
“to swipe …”: ibid., p. 154.

167
“A sixteenth-century …”: ibid., p. 155.

167
“We are all slightly …”: OSS/FIR, Operational, Jane Foster to Lloyd George, September 25, 1945.

168
“it was so fitting”: UL, p. 155.

168
“although he, too”: ibid.

168
“physically push”: UL, p. 156.

168
“It showed …”: ibid., p. 159.

169
“Darling, do you …”: ibid., p. 160.

169
“the heavy-duty thinkers”: ibid.

169
“No longer in …”: ibid.

170
“The Japanese …”: ibid.

171
“a gentleman of …”: UL, p. 161.

171
“there are …”: ibid.

171
“Sukarno is a traitor …”: ibid.

172
“I've just come …”: ibid.

172
“Don't you remember …”: ibid.

174
“more icicle than …”: PC, carton 2, folder 56.

175
“Balm in Gilead …”: ibid.

175
“It's dirty beyond …”: ibid.

175
“bawling like …”: ibid.

176
“of becoming magnificently …”: ibid.

177
“dangerous thinker”: SS, p. 230.

177
“with an eager mind …”: PC, carton 2, folder 56.

177
“a great solace”: ibid.

178
“Paul Child …”: Thibaut de Saint Phalle, interview by author.

178
“the underside of …”: ibid.

178
“incandescant …”: ibid.

179
“slightly disintegrated”: ibid.

179
“The atmosphere is …”: PC, carton 2, folder 57.

180
“appeals from …”: ibid., p. 170.

180
“The warlords …”: EM.

180
“the Chinese …”: UG, p. 162.

181
“ambush discipline …”: ibid., p. 164.

181
“Lack of patriotism …”: ibid., p. 165.

181
“The warp and woof …”: PC, carton 2, folder 57.

183
“struck off into …”: ibid.

183
“Perhaps you will …”: ibid.

184
“love at first sight …”: ibid.

184
“Marjorie continues …”: ibid.

184
“A good many …”: ibid.

185
“We were pulled …”: EM.

185
“We talked …”: EM.

185
“how could it be …”: PC, carton 2, folder 57.

186
“So now, as before …”: ibid.

186
“These prison wires …”: ibid.

187
“We talked about …”: ibid.

187
“morale-building …”: ibid.

187
“He was terribly …”: UG, p. 149.

187
“It was fortunate …”: PC, carton 2, folder 57.

188
“Do you realize …”: ibid.

189
“They were an …”: Thibaut de Saint Phalle, interview by author.

189
“running a very complicated …”: Calvin Tomkins, “Good Cooking,”
The New Yorker
, December 23, 1974.

189
“A wonderful ‘good scout' …”: PC, carton 2, folder 57.

189
“The China theater …”: EM.

189
“They were always …”: EM.

189
“never liked the idea …”: PC, carton 2, folder 57.

189
“He sort of …”: EM.

190
“plunge headfirst …”: PC, carton 2, folder 57.

190
“a great whisper …”: UG, p. 218.

190
“to be light for …”: PC, carton 2, folder 57.

190
“placidly hoeing …”: ibid.

190
“rather stay alive …”: ibid.

191
“something terrible …”: UG, p. 220.

191
“Until that time …”: ibid.

191
“All the toilets …”: PC, carton 2, folder 57.

192
“as a purely …”: ibid.

192
“That's a big rat …”: ibid.

192
“melting like …”: UG, p. 221.

192
“a tough people …”: PC, carton 2, folder 57.

192
“The sudden ending …”: ibid.

194
“Never mind …”: Maochun Yu,
OSS in China
(New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996), p. 289.

195
“a lack of good …”: ibid., p. 240

195
“keeping order …”: ibid.

195
“It discourages …”: PC, carton 2, folder 58.

195
“victory hullabaloos …”: ibid.

196
“perhaps the God damned war …”: ibid.

196
“important work …”: National Archives, OSS Records, Julia Child

196
“There was a sudden …”: UG, p. 227.

196
“I was in love …”: EM.

197
“pitch-fork out”: PC, carton 2, folder 57.

197
“Over the 18 …”: ibid.

197
How like the …: ibid.

198
“not the woman …”: Fitch,
Appetite for Life
, p. 124.

198
“Perhaps he's catching …”: EM.

198
“friendly passion …”: Fitch,
Appetite for Life
, p. 124.

199
“the limited and …”: PC, carton 2, folder 57.

199
“exhausted …”: ibid.

199
“He is probably …”: Fitch,
Appetite for Life
, p. 124.

200
“I feel washed-out …”: PC, carton 2, folder 57.

200
“I'm sitting on …”: ibid.

200
“Love …”: ibid.

201
“machine guns …”: ibid.

202
“substratum chicanery”: UG, p. 262.

203
“mausoleum …”: ibid., p. 294.

203
“the returning …”: ibid.

203
“new, noiseless …”: ibid., p. 295.

203
“to mourn the …”: ibid.

204
“a handsome …”: ibid., pp. 297–298.

205
“The leaflet …”: ibid., pp. 300–301.

205
“the Dutch press …”: ibid., p. 301.

206
“Well, let's see …”: ibid., p. 303.

207
“The term …”: ibid.

207
“such forces …”: ibid., p. 304.

208
“It was hard …”: EM.

209
“Please be back …”: UL, p. 167.

209
“Jane never …”: EM.

209
“Trigger-Happy Dutchmen …”:
San Francisco Chronicle
, December 31, 1945.

210
“forced the war …”:
People's World
, January 5, 1946.

210
“did not attach …”: UL, p. 166.

210
“an eyewitness account …”: Jane Foster, “Revolt in Indonesia,” Institute of Pacific Relations, San Francisco, CA January 11, 1946.

211
“confidential assignment …”: FBI case file 100-35543, Jane Foster Zlatovski.

212
“This is one of the …”: Edgar Snow, “No Four Freedoms for Indo-China,”
The Saturday Evening Post
, February 2, 1946.

212
“The Netherlands …”: Jane Foster, letter to the editor,
The New York Times
, July 15, 1946.

212
“The problem …”: EM.

213
“if only by …”: UL, p. 110.

213
“on the other …”: ibid., p. 130.

213
“misty …”: ibid., p. 164.

214
“There was something …”: EM, interview by author.

214
“socially useful element …”: Zlatovski, “The Autobiography of an Anti-Hero,” Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota Public Library, p. 26.

215
“a strong …”: UL, p. 82.

215
“too non-conformist …”: FBI case file 100-35543, Jane Foster Zlatovski.

216
“a bit of a …”: ibid., p. 83.

216
“gussied up …”: ibid., p. 96.

216
“incurable romantics …”: Zlatovski, “The Autobiography of an Anti-Hero,” p. 1.

216
“did not really …”: EM.

217
“In very different …”: EM. 217
“La Très Haute Societé …”:
Katrina Vanden Heuvel, “Grand Illusions,”
Vanity Fair
, September 1991, pp. 219–25, 248–56.

217
“loved intrigue …”: UL, p. 97.

218
“adorable, adored …”: ibid., p. 170.

218
“Break out my …”: PC, carton 2, folder 57.

219
“This brings up …”: PC, carton 2, folder 58.

219
“I'll take her …”: John K. Singlaub with Malcolm McConnell,
Hazardous Duty
(New York: Summit Books, 1991), p. 115.

219
“tired and …”: Thibault de Saint Phalle,
Saints, Sinners, and Scalawags
(Brookline, N.H.: Hobblebrush Books, 2004), p. 161.

220
“pursue the plan …”: SMITH.

220
“to see what …”: ibid.

220
“on the porch …”: Fitch,
Appetite for Life
, p. 129.

220
“allow for …”: ibid.

220
“a relationship based …”: ibid.

221
“Dearest Paulski …”: JC, carton 2, folder 45. The letters that follow from JC to PC, January to June 1946, are contained in JC, carton 2, folder 45, and only the sources of quotes drawn from elsewhere will be identified.

223
“dilettante”: SMITH.

223
“liked that type …”: ibid.

225
“everybody”: JC, carton 2, folder 45.

226
“You play a leading role …”: Fitch,
Appetite for Life
, p. 131.

227
“operational proof …”: FAP.