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To: Steeliejim who wrote (19430)	4/19/2003 8:17:32 AM
From: chowder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23153

OT - Weekend stuff! >>> That's why I actually give some credence to the theory that Roosevelt knew that Japan planned to attack Pearl Harbor--letting that happen as being the only thing that would get us into the war. <<< Jimbo, It's good to see that even you think Roosevelt allowed Japan to attack Pearl Harbor. But, that's only part of the story. As Paul Harvey would say, "Now for the rest of the story." In using documents received through the Freedom of Information Act and further research, author and historian Robert B. Stinnett provides overwhelming evidence that FDR and his top advisers not only knew that Japanese warships were heading toward Pearl, but that FDR wanted to sway public opinion in support of U.S. entry into WWII. In order to do this, the U.S.instigated a policy intended to provoke a Japanese attack. The plan was outlined in a U.S. Naval Intelligence secret strategy memo of October 1940, a memo that was received through The Freedom of Information Act and a memo that clearly defines an eight step process to get Japan to attack us. In his October 7, 1940 memorandum Lt. Commander Arthur H. McCollum, head of the Far East desk of the Office of Naval Intelligence advocated eight actions that he predicted would lead to a Japanese attack on the United States: a. Make an agreement with Britain for the use of British bases in the Pacific, particularly Singapore. b. Make an arrangement with Holland for the use of base facilities and acquisition of supplies in the Dutch East Indies. (Now Indonesia) c. Give all possible aid to the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek. (Anyone remember the Flying Tigers?) d. Send a division of long-range heavy cruisers to the Orient, Phillipines, or Singapore. e. Send two divisions of submarines to the Orient. f. Keep the main strength of the US Fleet, now in the Pacific, in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands. (The fleet was stationed on the west coast at the time and the Admiral that vigorously protested that we couldn't defend the fleet at Pearl, that the risks were too high, was replaced by Roosevelt with an Admiral that would move the fleet.) g. Insist that the Dutch refuse to grant Japanese demands for undue economic concessions, particularly oil. h. Completely embargo all trade with Japan, in collaboration with a similar embargo imposed by the British Empire. Now some historians will argue that there isn't any evidence that Roosevelt read this message and this message, although it exists, was just one of many messages to go into the White House but, it doesn't mean it gets read or acted upon by the President. What is clear is that Roosevelt immediately began implementing its eight steps (which included deploying U.S. warships in Japanese territorial waters and imposing a total embargo intended to strangle Japan's economy), all of which, according to Stinnett, climaxed in the Japanese attack. dabum