Pearl Harbor angrebsplan afsløret

Min ------ kollega har meddelt en embedsmand ved ambassaden at han fra mange kilder, deriblandt en japansk, har hørt, at et overraskelses-masseangreb på Pearl Harbor planlægges af den japanske krigsmagt i tilfælde af ”vanskeligheder” mellem Japan og USA samt at angrebet vil komme til at involvere brug af alle japanske militære styrker. Min kollega udtalte at han følte sig foranlediget til at lade sin viden gå videre, fordi meddelelsen var kommet til ham fra mange kilder, uagtet planen forekom fantastisk.
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Det originale telegram

A member of the Embassy was told by my ------ colleague that from many quarters, including a Japanese one, he had heard that a surprise mass attack on Pearl Harbor was planned by the Japanese military forces, in case of "trouble” between Japan and the United States; that the attack would involve the use of all the Japanese military facilities. My colleague said that he was prompted to pass this on because it had come to him from many sources, although the plan seemed fantastic.
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