Newly Declassified Memo Reveals Roosevelt Was Warned of Tokyo’s Focus on Hawaii

Gateway Pundit ^ | November 29,2011 | Jim Hoft

[ASA Vet]

must be a great supply of these heretofore undiscovered memos hidden somewhere. ;-)

They are ra_ther easy to create. Just ask Dan.

[GATOR NAVY]

As it was, the newer battleships never got into a one-on-one encounter with the main Japanese battleships and cruisers.

Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 14-15 Nov 1942-USS Washington (BB-56) and USS South Dakota (BB-57) plus DDs intercept and engage Japanese force consisting of BB Kirishima, CAs Atago and Takao, CLs and DDs. South Dakota heavily damaged, Washington sinks Kirishima with 16" and 5" gunfire.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

In 1935, according to a couple documents I found in the National Archives, the Japanese were buying commercial shipping lane maps for the West Coast.

ONI noted that this was normal because of the trade they did with the US, but that they would keep an eye on it.

Never did find any followup docs.

Just one more instance of a distant clue of Japanese intentions which were largely ignored by the White House.