The Secret State: A History of Intelligence and Espionage by John Hughes-Wilson

Author:John Hughes-Wilson [Hughes-Wilson, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2017-01-10T06:00:00+00:00

This despatch is to be considered a war warning . . . an aggressive move by Japan is expected within the next few days.

Crucially, the signal goes on:

The . . . organisation of naval task forces indicates an amphibious expedition against either the Philippines or Kra Peninsula [Thailand] or possibly Borneo . . .

There was no mention of Pearl Harbor.

So, of the two key questions, the first is clearly answered: by December 1941 the balance of evidence is that everyone who counted knew that war was imminent with Japan, but, and the ‘but’ is crucial, there was little unambiguous intelligence available to commanders that Pearl Harbor was a definite objective, even though it was acknowledged that US territories might be a target.

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