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Declassified Memo Hinted of 1941 Hawaii Attack
usnews.com ^ | Nov.13, 2011 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 11/29/2011 6:45:45 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

Three days before the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt was warned in a memo from naval intelligence that Tokyo's military and spy network was focused on Hawaii, a new and eerie reminder of FDR's failure to act on a basket load of tips that war was near.

In the newly revealed 20-page memo from FDR's declassified FBI file, the Office of Naval Intelligence on December 4 warned, "In anticipation of open conflict with this country, Japan is vigorously utilizing every available agency to secure military, naval and commercial information, paying particular attention to the West Coast, the Panama Canal and the Territory of Hawaii."

The memo, published in the new book December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World went on to say that the Japanese were collecting "detailed technical information" that would be specifically used by its navy. To collect and analyze information, they were building a network of spies through their U.S. embassies and consulates.

Historian and acclaimed Reagan biographer Craig Shirley, author of the just released December 1941, doesn't blame FDR for blowing it, but instead tells Whispers that it "does suggest that there were more pieces to the puzzle" that the administration missed. The 70th anniversary of the attack is next month.

(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: 1941; 194112; 19411204; 19411207; hawaii; panamacanal; pearlharbor; westcoast
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1 posted on 11/29/2011 6:45:50 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

No matter, Obama has already apologized to Japan for Pearl Harbor.


2 posted on 11/29/2011 6:48:35 PM PST by Patrick1 (" Let's all pray Kim Kardashian's divorce won't have an impact on her craft.")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

In reading “The Code Breakers” it mentioned three other attack sites other than Pearl Harbor that were equally being reviewed.


3 posted on 11/29/2011 6:48:44 PM PST by SkyDancer ("If You Want To Learn To Love Better, You Should Start With A Friend Who You Hate")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

And what was he supposed to do about it? There was no support for a war until after the attack.


4 posted on 11/29/2011 6:48:56 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

IT WAS TYPICALLY THOUGHT BY THE HIGH MILITARY BRASS THAT AN ATTACK BY JAPAN WOULD BE A GOOD TRAINING EXERCISE FOR THE TROOPS. AFTER ALL, HOW MUCH DAMAGE COULD PUNY LITTLE JAPAN DO?


5 posted on 11/29/2011 6:50:08 PM PST by Old Seadog (Always do a little more than is expected, and someday .....it will be expected.)
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6 posted on 11/29/2011 6:53:56 PM PST by mnehring
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To: Free ThinkerNY

and Ron Paul would have said it was the United States’ fault that Japan attacked.


7 posted on 11/29/2011 6:53:56 PM PST by plain talk
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To: plain talk

Paultards still do.


8 posted on 11/29/2011 6:54:58 PM PST by mnehring
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To: driftdiver

Do? Put our Pacific bases on alert.


9 posted on 11/29/2011 6:56:11 PM PST by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: plain talk

Actually FDR was spoiling to get into the war and he backed the Japanese into a corner. FDR was a very nasty man.


10 posted on 11/29/2011 6:56:38 PM PST by Chickensoup (In the 20th century 200 million people were killed by their own governments.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"that the administration missed"

I don't think FDR missed anything. He made several attempts to get this nation into the war - sending ocean liners into harms way was just one that didn't quite 'cut it.'

There was more than a single hint of a Japanese attack, and more than one massive mistake to convince many that FDR purposely exposed Pearl Harbor to accomplish the needed impetus to declare war.

11 posted on 11/29/2011 6:57:02 PM PST by Ron C.
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Not to mention that Station H, having broken the Japanese Naval code, intercepted the following radio message more than a week prior to the attack and could have saved countless lives had the warning been given:

On November 24th, 1941, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto sent a radio message to Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, Commander of the Pacific Striking Fleet, which read in part,

“The task force, keeping its movement strictly secret and maintaining close guard against submarines and aircraft, shall advance into Hawaiian waters, and upon the very opening of hostilities shall attack the main force of the United States fleet in Hawaii and deal it a mortal blow”.

The above appeared in Admiral Homer Wallin’s “Pearl Harbor”, published by the US Government printing office in 2001.


12 posted on 11/29/2011 6:59:26 PM PST by bigbob
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To: achilles2000

For how long? He didn’t know when. What happens when the public finds out?


13 posted on 11/29/2011 6:59:26 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Chickensoup

Yeah I’ve heard that BS before and never bought it. No President wants a WWII. None of them.


14 posted on 11/29/2011 7:01:02 PM PST by plain talk
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To: Old Seadog

“AFTER ALL, HOW MUCH DAMAGE COULD PUNY LITTLE JAPAN DO?”

They knew after the Russo-Japanese War that they could fight; they knew from the war in China that they would. They just left the obsolete ships as bait.


15 posted on 11/29/2011 7:03:10 PM PST by kearnyirish2
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To: driftdiver

For as long as there is any question of attack. The public would not be opposed to protecting our troops and installations through being vigilant.


16 posted on 11/29/2011 7:03:55 PM PST by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Oooh! Lemme be the first to say it, FDR LIHOP!!


17 posted on 11/29/2011 7:05:50 PM PST by Paradox (The rich SHOULD be paying more taxes, and they WOULD, if they could make more money.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; a fool in paradise

IBTG (In Before the Germans)


18 posted on 11/29/2011 7:07:10 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: plain talk

I have no idea who knew what or when, but the facts stand that 1) the war started when Germany & the Soviet Union invaded Poland, but war was only declared on Germany by the “Western Allies”, and 2) while Americans died fighting the Japanese in the Pacific, the Soviet Union had peace with them. In the end, we saved the USSR so they could have Poland (and Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria...)

What a hoax.


19 posted on 11/29/2011 7:08:44 PM PST by kearnyirish2
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Pearl Harbor Was No Surprise
http://thenewamerican.com/history/american/5427-pearl-harbor-was-no-surprise

Pearl Harbor: Hawaii Was Surprised; FDR Was Not
http://www.thenewamerican.com/history/american/574

Pearl Harbor: Motives Behind The Betrayal
http://www.thenewamerican.com/history/american/575


20 posted on 11/29/2011 7:13:39 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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