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"MAGIC"-DIPLOMATIC SUMMARY 

NOTE: No one, without express permission from the proper authorities, may 

disseminate the information reported in this Summary or communicate it to any other 

person. 

Those authorized to disseminate such information must employ only the most 

secure means, must take every precaution to avoid compromising the source, and must 

limit dissemination to the minimum number of secure and responsible persons who need 

the information in order to discharge their duties. 

No action is to be taken on information herein reported, regardless of temporary 

advantage, if such action might have the effect of revealing the existence of the source 

to the enemy. · 

The enemy knows that we attempt to exploit these sources. He does not know, 

and must not be permitted to learn, either the degree of our success or the particular 

sources with which we have been successful. 

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l.. f*ota.!q of _AJqe£\OJ!.P qf,!~oers: Japanese 

M1n1stev Suma, who spends a good deal of his time 

colleot1ng ir1tell1genoe 1n Madrid, has sent the tollowlng rather ext~aord1na1'7 report to To1t70, dated 

24 November: 

6Ver-y secret. 

ffLaat n1ght a contact ot ours on the 

Spanleh General Sta.ft attended a d1nner 1n 

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honor of the Araer1oan Thanksg1v1ng, when the7 

regularly celebrate the reelection ot President 

Roosevelt. An ~merican colonel was present, 

end he became ver7 drunk. I am told that he 

said some very 1nterest1n~ things about the poor 

morale of the higher ranking officers or the 

4.mer1can Army, due to the President's policy 

ot promoting his friends. 

"According to this co1onel, one ot the 

off 1oers who has Just been made a br1gad1er 

general is a completely ~---- fiord m1es1n.s7 

person named Kuraruku [Japanese epell1ns7 who 

is several years Junior to th1s colonel 1n 

permanent rank. 

1 It was purely a political 

appointment to pay ott an election debt,• the 

colonel said. 

1All th1s man has ever done is 

sit at a b1g desk 1n Washington and read 

Japanese codes, while the rest of us are 

trying to f1ght a war out here 1n the tield. 1 

"Naturally, I was not taken 1n tor a. moment 

by theee drunken remarks about the seourit7 ot 

the Imperial codes. However, 1n view ot the 

notorious mercenary instinct of these Americana, 

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I believe that we oould purchase some ve17 

userul 1ntormat1on trom the American colonel 

here. One statement h• made was that 1w1th 

the kind ot an Army this ta ge~t1ng to be, 

for two cent• I would qult 1t tomol'l'ow.• 

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2. fMrthe:r Ge:rman con9.1m t&boyt 1Yl>mt+:r2.gg 

1n the Far._F'~st: As prev1ousl1 noted, Geman auth0r1t1e• 

have been greatly disturbe~ by recent losses ot German 

submarines 1n Far Eastern waters, and have attributed 

such losses to the' ta1lure ot the Japanese to take 

proper aecurlt7 measures (FES 19, 20, 21 Nov 44). 

It now appears that on 24 November German· A~­

bassador Stahmer and h1s Mil1tar7 ~ttach'• General 

Kretsohmer, took up the pl'Oblem wlth Fore1gn K1n1ster 

Shigemitsu. The interview 1s deeorlbed 1n a message . 

' trom Sh1gem1tsu to Ambassadop Osh1ma 1n Berlin, only 

~•rt of wh1oh is as 7et available. Shigemitsu atatea 

that, in addition to himself, ~dmiral Kenkuohl Masasak1, 

"Ohler ot Naval Decept1on, 1 was present at the meeting.• 

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*Rotn!ngappears 1n MIS tiles about Adr.11ral Masasak1. 

F-22 advlses that he graduated at 1be head ot l}.1a class in 

the Osaka Pol7techn1cal Middle School 1n 1898• was Moderator 

ot the Black Dragon Soclet7 1n 1910, and 1s oons1dered to be 

a sound, conservative naval strategist. 

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The conversation is said to have pl'Ooeeded as 

follows: 

Stahmer: I have been 1netruote4 to 

express to Your Exoellen01 my Government'• 

deep concern ove~ the many a1nk1ngs of ~x1s 

sh1pa 1n Far EB.stern water• 1n reoent month•• 

and over the deplorable lo•• ot several ot our 

own submarines 1n the 'Far East. I should 

l1ke to explore with Your Excellen07 and w1th 

Admiral Masasakl the queat1on ot whether 

security mP.aaurea can be improved ln &DJ' 

wa1 1n order to prevent tu~her dlaaatroue 

lo sees. 

!!}1gem1tJu: I ma.7 say that we Japanese, 

too, have been most distressed by recent deve~opments and are mak.1ng every effort to improve the 

e1tuat1on. 

Mas1"aJs;\; The whole pl'Oblem ot seou:r1t7 has 

:recently been under 1nvest1gat1on by the Japanese 

Navy; and we'have come to believe that Allled 

success has been due tn large part to 4nglo-Saxon 

sp1es landed bJ parachute throughout the Far F..aat. 

For examplA, we have received several repol"ts 

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1nd1oat1ng that large numbers ot ep1es are 

h1d1ng in apeo1al ----- f.Wor4 reads •w----houses, 11 

poaa1bly warehouseiJ 1n Fuki~n Province. 

Kretaohlller: We Germans are 1nol1ned to 

agree with 1ou on that po1nt, having learned 

ot several instances ot such landings. However, 

we also have felt some concern tram t1me to time 

about whether Japanese 00JDD1un1oat1ons are ent1rel1 

ae~ure. We have received several reports that the 

Oh1neae have been 1nteroept1ng Japanese co4e tratt1o, 

and that the7 have o~tered to make a complete exchange with the Anglo•Saxons ot the results of 

their CrJPtanal7tio efforts. With this and w1th 

other afters ot help as a st1mulua, the7 are said 

to have persuade4 the. l\mer1c~ns to build up a huge 

commun1oat1ons 1ntel11gence organization, and the7 

have even p1cked the man to head 1t. Our 1nformanta 

first thought that the man chosen was General Stilwell, but we now have reason to believe that he 1s 

an otf 1cer named Bruce O. Clarke. 

Shigemitsu: What ~ou sa7 alal'Dl& me greatl~, 

part1cular17 in view ot a report we have Just reoe1 ved from our Minister in Madr1d.liee Item A-1 

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abovJ.7. A.ooord1ng to that report, an oftloer 

named Carter w. Clarke ha• been engaged 1n 

atud71ng Japanese codes, and ha.a reoentl7 reoe1Yed a promotion. \Ye are no-t 1no11ned to put 

muoh ta1th 1n that :report, whloh could be a 

t1P10a1 p1eoe or ~merican ohioane27, designed to 

make us change our oodes. However, 1n view of 

what you sa7 1t 1s oel'ta!nlJ something we must 

keep our e7e on. 

S~hmer: 'l'he. :report :rou mention 1a somewhat puzzling to me. We had hear4 that two 

off 1oer• named Clarke had been promoted, one 

named Bruce C. md the other Cai-tar w. From 

what our General Statt knows ot these two men. 

Carter w. Clarke 1s a complete ----- ,lior4 

m1ss1ng7 and Bruce o. Clarke is the only one 

who could poss1b17 be qual1t1.ed to head a oommun1 cat1ons 1ntell1gence ageno7. On the other 

hand, we have also heard of a p1an whereb7 the 

notorious activities of the Ott1oe ot St:rateg1o 

5erv1oes are to be pooled with those ot the ~rm7 

Intelligence, and that one or· the prime movers ln 

that plan ls th1s Carter w. Clarke. It that 1• 

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In that connection, I might call your attention to the tact that, according to our 

1ntormat1on1 at the same time Clarke waa 

promoted.the Ch1et ot the Ott1oe o~ Strategic 

Services, General Wildman Donovan, was also 

advanced in rank • 

• Masasak1: It 1s my op1n1on that Carter 

Clarke and General Donovan are among the best 

brains in A.merlca, and I venture to &aJ' that 

it 7our 1ntormat1on is correct they w111 stop 

at nothing to attain success 1n1he1r common 

enterprise. It th1s comes about, indeed we are 

already up a creek with.no paddle, and I ha~e 

chosen m7 words carefully.• 

At this point Sh1gem1tau1 s mess~ge breaks ott. 

However, an additional fragment is available which may 

possibly be ot inter.eat. It reads: 

11 Stahmer then asked iDe ffih1gem1 tsJ!7 whether 

the Japanese had considered Berlin's proposed 

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To that I ----- ,l6alanoe m1aa1n.s7·" 

.Notes The Japanese ~rlDJ' also aeems to be disturbed about an off 1oer named Clarke. On 23 November the 

Chief ot the Arm7 General Statf 1n Tok.J'o sent the following 

oolllllun1oat1on to llan11a: 

11 We have 1nte:roepted an American message 

which appears to state that an Amer1oan named 

'Clarke' b& s Just been made a •t1e1d ott1oer.' 

Since that la aba~ra., we are 1no11ned to th1nlt 

• that there has been some contua1on, and that the 

Amer1oana are actuall7 planning an attack on 

Clark Field. 

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3. Effect of B-29 attack on.~ok)lo: !he only (JBB) 

Japanese report 7et to become available on th1a mornlng•a 

air attack on TokJ'O ls badly garbled but contains the 

follow1ng aenienoe: 

"Dur1ng the attack there was a remarkable 

oessat1on ot aot1v1t7 in the Yoeh1wara.• 

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1. ~uss1an-1'!!£~1ah relatlona: Further 

developments 1n Russlan•Turk1sh relations are 1nd1-

cated by the tollow1ng 19 November message tram the 

Turk1ah Foreign Oftloe to 1ta Ambassador in Moeoow: 

"The -·--- [Word garble~ M1n1ater, who 

will go to ----- [iord m1es1n.i7 tempo~r117 

1n order to report to his Oovel'llJDent, came to 

the M1n1st197 to saf good-bye to me and to 

Acikal1n. During the oonversatton, 4o1kal1n 

recalled that on leavin~ Moscow 1n 1942 he 

had visited M~lotov, and that Molotov had 

asked tor 1ntormat1on relative to the ----· 

[ieveral words m1sa1n.s7. Upon ~o1kal1n • e 

sa71ng t~ the Ambassador that he would be 

ver7 ----- .[iarbl~, 1t he, the Ambassador, 

would like to g1ve one or two 1mpreaa1ons ot 

the l'eport that he would make to ----- £word 

m1sa1ns7, the Ambassa4or sa1d that be was 

basing his report on the moat recent -----

[i,arbl!J.7 ot ----- /.Woftd m1ss1n.s7. the President, 

as was natural, s1noe the7 were a ver1 clear ezplanat1on ot the ----- [Words mlssln.17• 

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•To th1a answer which the Ambae•ador gave 

ua, Ao1kal1n (?replied?) 1n a ata1ianent wh1oh 

supports He47 Laman [81s.7 and the olear pl'e• 

aentat1on of ----- ~garbli7 a• expressed 1n 

these ---~ Cwora. m1e•1n.s7. 'l'here •a• a ----

~ords m1sa1n,i7 atmosphere during the conversat1on. In order to fao111tate the ----- /jarbls7 

of' the Ambassador, a speo1al ---- f.ibort word 

m1es1n.s7 was assigned to him.• 

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D. PSYCHOLOGICAL ANJ> SUBVERSIVE · 

1. Hitler reoe1~ea pew ~rgen~~noan envo.z: 

Recent Bummar1es and other aouroea have noted var1oue 

rumors that Hitler died ae a reault of the 20 July attack on him, or that he 1• 1ll•"1>0ss1bl1' mad--and tn 

seclusion. 

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The posa1bll1tT that Hitler is alive and normal, 

or that a Ver'J clever double is taklng h1a place, la indicated 'bJ' a 23 November report from the new A.mbassador 

ot ~rgent1na to GermaftJ'. The Ambaaaado!'---Dl". Altonzo 

Caracul Boca Maria Jesus Guano 7 Leoh,--states that he 

was summoned to Berohtesgaden on the night or 22 November 

tor the purpose of presenting hls credentials in peraon 

to the Fuehrer. The report goes on to note that 11 oontra1"'1' 

to recent rumor, the Fuehl-8%' appearod to be 1n excellent 

heal~h and sp1rlts; and during the entire audience he kept 

time w1th his hands to Wagnerian mus1c which was pouring 

torth from an American Oapebal"t maoh1ne." 

The Ambassador ends his report wlth the rollow1ng 

observation: 

"Except that there are no rugs on the 

floor ot Hitler's studJ', I observed noihlng 

untoward during mr au41enoe w1th hlm. However, 

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note: on the •14e ot hl• r1chl~ carved desk, 

the Fuehrer bas attached w1th common taoke a 

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GENDW.t 

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For the Assistant Chief ot Staff, a-2 

CARTER W. CLAlUCE 

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