This rumour has been around a long time and is totally unfounded. To begin with, even if WSC did have foreknowledge of the planned attack, he would have had no reason to keep the information from Roosevelt as it would have still been seen as an agressive act that would have resulted in the US declaring war on Japan. Additionally, the US had broken the Japanese code and was aware that an attack was imminent. However, the military was unaware of the specific location since the Japanese never broadcast it because all of the orders had prearranged codes relating to the attack. WSC's intelligence group would have had no more information than was already known to the US prior to the attack. Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
-----Original Message----- From: John Mather <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 04:42:49 To: <[email protected]> Subject: [ChurchillChat] Pearl Harbor. Recently reported: is it correct? Recently reported: "President Roosevelt did not know beforehand about Pearl Harbor because Winston Churchill, who did know because the British broke the code, did not tell President Roosevelt because Mr. Churchill wanted us in the war." Is there a shred of evidence for this assertion????? John H. Mather MD -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
