What Fall Saw

Scenario tag for reluctant_president

A White House meeting room, December 1919 — three figures in dark suits, seen from behind, gathered around a mahogany table in heavy winter light

The Secretary Takes Notes — December 12, 1919

December 12, 1919. The Vice President arrives for his first full briefing on the state of the administration. Private notes, kept by a secretary present in the room.

What Fall Saw
A man reads a letter by firelight, December 1919

Fall to Lodge — December 7, 1919

Senator Albert Fall's private letter to Henry Cabot Lodge, two days after his White House visit. Careful. Coded. The letter that set the backchannel in motion. December 7, 1919.

What Fall Saw