I had not heard that before. Very very interesting. That sure puts a new light on it doesn’t it.
You’re hit at Pearl Harbor, you don’t know exactly what comes next, possibly more attacks, the West Coast.
Then you have the codes, to convince the enemy you don’t have.
I’ll have to check that out.
I remember hearing George Putman interview someone who was involved in all of this- I can’t recall if it was Lowman or someone else- but they made a very convincing case. And Lowman was certainly in a position to know what is in the Magic intercepts.
It fits the facts. Only Japanese Americans along the Pacific coast were interned. Had this been the racist endeavor we often hear it described to be, all Japanese Americans would have been interned, but that isn’t what happened.