The things I said were thought oot in advance; their effect was calculated carefully.

It was necessary not to divulge information that micht ha' been of value to the enemy, and there were always new bits of German propoganda that had tae be met and discounted without referring to them directly.

So I was always making wee changes, frae day to day.
Sometimes, in a special place, there'd be local conditions that needed attention; whiles I could drop a seemingly careless or unstudied suggestion that would gain much more notice than an official bulletin or speech could ha' done.
There's an art that conceals art, I'm told.

Maybe it was that I used in my speaking in America during the war.

It may be I gave offence sometimes, by the vehemence of my words, but I'm hoping that all true Americans understood that none was meant.