[RobbyS]

What I have always understood was a written message went from Churchill to Roosevelt just before we presented what was in effect an ultimatum to Japan in late November 1941. This is the only piece of the Churchill-Roosevelt correspondence that is still being kept secret. It obviously must have contained something extremely sensitive or embarrassing.

Where have you heard about this?

[aristeides]

I have read about that message in a number of places. Look, for example, at pp. 203-4 of And I Was There by Adm. Edwin Layton, the chief of intelligence of Kimmel and then Halsey.

[jamaksin]

See John Costello's "Days of Infamy" Chapter 14 (plus "Sources and Notes") for comments (and identification) of Churchill documents STILL classified ... note especially the dates!

The will be long ... Official Secrets Act ... 75 years!!!