[jjotto]

The consensus seems to be that Amb. Nomura was kept in the dark about the details of the attack, and US intelligence decoded instructions from Japan faster than the Japanese embassy. Supposedly…

[Navy Patriot]

You Gentlemen are most likely correct, Ambassador Nomura was probably played by Dishonorable Japanese in the Japanese Government.

However the point remains that the Japanese were and acted in a Dishonorable Way as Diplomats and Statesmen.

It is always good to remember that Diplomacy and Statesmanship can be Honorable or Dishonorable, ...

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by either side, and we must be on the alert for both.