According to the book in question, one reason why WSC did not inform FDR was because some of the people around him/FDR were not trustworthy. And what disastrous consequences had followed. Red this book many years ago and took it seriously. As I did with the book about Göring writen by David Erving! Not easy to know what is worth reading and not! Christer
> Excellent point, Anthony! > CES > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Anthony Calabrese <[email protected]> > To: List Churchill <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:56:57 -0000 (UTC) > Subject: RE: [ChurchillChat] Pearl Harbor. Recently reported: is it correct? > > > One other thing to keep in mind. Had Churchill known, he would have warned > the US. Why do I so strongly believe this? Because when Churchill did have > warning of an impending attack (the USSR), Churchill warned the country in > question (whose leader promptly ignored it as he believed Churchill's message > was a capitalist plot to start a war). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Pearl Harbor. Recently reported: is it correct? > Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 05:55:22 -0400 > > > > NO...not a snip. This is more of the conspiracy folks running amok. > Bletchley Park had made little progress against the Japanese codes--and their > understandable focus was on Germany in any case. While we had broken many > Japanese codes, we surely didn't have all of them. There are many books on > this topic--and some are wholly misleading. Roberta Wholstetter's PEARL > HARBOR: WARNING AND DECISION, though an old book (early 1960s) remains one of > the best available studies. The key problem was that none of the decoded > Japanese messages--even after the war--represented a clear "smoking gun" that > the attack was coming. For much of the raw material--the messages themselves, > plus good analysis--see THE "MAGIC" BACKGROUND OF PEARL HARBOR issued by DOD > in seven cloth-bound volumes in 1977. > > Chris Sterling > (Washington Society for Churchill) > > > > > > From: John Mather > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 12:42 AM > 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
