[Scotts]

Joe A Maskin certainly has problems with his research. It also seems to be, in my humble option quite outdated (based on debates over the last year between mentioned authors). Much of his theorys come from the absence of information (documents current going through the declassification process). Another chuck of his questions have been answered by experts far better than I. The rest seem to be carefully chosen quotations to better give his idealogy some form of credence.
I for one would be interested if Joe has anything new to add since our last encounter on the pearlharborattacked boards.

[Scotts]

edit: or is it Maksin

[jamaksin]

Perhaps another view might be of interest - perhaps not, however:

http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/logsearch/

From: Tim Lanzendoerfer List Editor: "H-DIPLO [Moser]" Editor's Subject: Pearl Harbor Debate [Lanzendoerfer] Author's Subject: Pearl Harbor Debate [Lanzendoerfer] Date Written: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 23:10:41 +0200 Date Posted: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 10:57:01 -0400

As taken from the above document:

“There was one occasion, amply documented. There were no others. Why should the Japanese document the one occasion, but not the claimed others? Why should they broadcast this one occasion on a Navy frequency, but the claimed others on a merchant marine one? Why should they throw away their security with that? They undoubtly had a communications plan; it is documented in Prange's _At Dawn We Slept_ among others -- it was simply not to communicate with any means that could be traced from far away. They did once, because they had to. They did so in an absolutely critical situation, where the presence of the oiler force was required soon and its absence would force the operation to be cancelled. A tiny, short message was despatched, by a Kido Butai leadership that was positively terrified that it had to breach security like that. Unless Professor Villa asks us that we throw out of the window these facts which Prange and others have firmly established through interviews and archival research, for the rather dubious claims of one merchant vessel's radio operator, I do not see how we can ignore all of this.”

N.B., "amply documented" ...

So, that AKAGI question remains ... do, please, provide those materials.

Thank you.