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And had the Japanese Embassy in Washington been allowed to use their typists (who where Americans), they could have delivered the message earlier. Instead, they were ordered not to allow anyone other than the Japanese diplomats and their aids to read the message and none of them could type. This caused an even further delay in delivering their message.

Without a Declaration of War, Japan attacked the United States' Pacific Fleet on Sunday morning, December 7th, 1941. No matter what their intentions may have been, it was sneak attack (in classic Japanese fashion) but in the end was a strategic disaster for them. Pearl Harbor insured that the war in the Pacific would be a war to the death and they learned that the hard way on August 6th and 9th, 1945.

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The War Dept knew something was coming early December. Henry L Stimson's Diary, November 25, 1941 notes that they expected an attack, "for the Japanese are notorious for making an attack without warning."

I'm gonna sniff to try to fined some MAGIC diplomatic cables to try to find something on this. The whole situation was at its brink.

[ApesForEvolution]

(in classic Japanese Muhammadan fashion)