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To: chalu2 who wrote (1804)	7/25/1999 12:44:00 AM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

I've heard this line - Japanese provoked into Pearl Harbor attack - before, and I think it all stems from Roosevelt's oil embargo on Japan and the result. Anyway this is a pretty good paper on the matter. There was a Japanese occupation of Manchuria in 1931, and a Japanese attack on China in 1937. There were military clashes between Japanese and Soviet troops in Mongolia in 1938-1939. There was a Japanese attempt to profit from Hitler's early victories in Europe by demanding that France allow it to occupy the French colonies of Indochina, and that Britain shut off the supply road from its colony of Burma to the Chinese. After the French occupation of Indochina in July 1941 President Roosevelt embargoed oil shipments to Japan; and on December 7, 1941 the Japanese navy and air force struck not just south to occupy Dutch-ruled Indonesia and acquire an alternative source of oil, but everywhere else in the Southwest Pacific to enlarge the Japanese Empire--and at Pearl Harbor as well. econ161.berkeley.edu

To: chalu2 who wrote (1804)	7/25/1999 3:08:00 PM
From: truedog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

to: chalu2 from: truedog The Japanese were provoked into going ahead with the attack when FDR gave the order to violate every treaty previously made with the Japanese. This backed them into a corner and, because of the bushido code of honor, they were compelled, in their own mind, to attack. As has been written, I can not confirm the absolute proof, the Japanese fleet was "on hold" until this decision was made by FDR. Also, in spite of the cautions of all the military leaders in the area, it was by executive order that the entire Pacific fleet was to be in port at Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack. TD