The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-16
GOVERNMENT KNEW
OF JAP SPYING
Continued from Page One)

men, SuISA1S I'LL OAA5o W
tors and fresh dickering between
Republican and Democratic men,
bers of the investigating group.
Rear Admiral Husband r. KIM
mel and Mai. Gen. Walter c. Short,
who were in command at Pearl
Harbor when the attack was
were among the audi
ence today.
One exhibit, of 253 printed pag-
es, was comprised Of TRANSACTIONS
from intercepted diplomatic mes
sages sent by Japan between July
l and Dec. 8, 1871. The earliest
was marked translated on Aug. 8,
1e41, showing the diplomatic code
was ''broken" at least by that
date.
The other, of 126 typed pages.
was comprised Of military mes
sages, the earliest dating back to
Dec. @, 1910, and marked trans
lated on Jan. IA, 1941.
AS its initial witnesses, the COM
mittee heard Rear Admiral T. B.
Inglis and Col. Bernard Thielen in
what Mitchell termed a nara
tive statement" concerning the
military dispositions in Hawaii and
what happened there on Dec. Z,
1941.
For the most part this was a
summary of what had been made
public previously in longer form
in the reports from the Army and
Navy boards which made inves-
LEGATIONS.
Neither witness was at Pearl
Harbor at the time of the attack.
They prepared their summaries
from the records.
But even this non-controversial
matter. as most Of it was, brought
clash between Senator Ferguson
tR-Mich) and the democrats.
When Mitchell introduced the
translations of coded Japanese
messages, Ferguson demanded to
know whether they were Sup
posed to be complete" He and
Brewster have commended that GER
tain messages, notably a Tokyo
broadcast, least winds, raining"
described as the code for war
with United States) are missing.
II am not claiming anything is
complete" Mitchell replied.
The thread of irnminence of war
ran through all the intercepted
diplomatic messages in the days
Immediately before the Japanese
attack.
Included were commune atoms
to and from capitals all over the
world.
One, sent from Rome to Tokyo
on Dec. 3, 1941, and translated
here on Dec. 6, showed the Japa-
nese ambassador had got down
to "brass tacks" in an interview
with Mussolini. y
The ambassador reported:
''Should Japan declare war on
the United States and Great Bri-
tain, I asked, would Italy do like
wise Immediately? Mussolini re-
piled: OF course. She is obligated
to do so under the terms of the
Tri-Partite Pact. Since Germany
would also be obliged to follow
suit, we would like to confer with
Germany on this point
There were also communica.
tons dealing with instructions to
Japanese authorities in the field in
Asia.
One from Hsinking to Tokyo
mentioned the event of war and
said policy instructions were as fol-
lows: ION the outbreak Of war
with England and the United
States. after you have at the ap-
propriate time gathered all these
nationals together, they are to be
returned each to his own homeland
at as early a date as possible"
This was dated Nov. %, 1941, and
was translated Dec. 2. The nation
ais referred to were Britons and
Americans in Manchuria.
This message added that ''lna.
tionals of the Soviet or other third
powers observed to be obnoxious
characters with pro.British and
American leanings are to be suit
ably taken care off,
Not translated until Dec. 26 was
a Dec. 3 circular from Picking to
Japanese commanders in China
which showed the Japanese were
hoping then that the Pope might
intervene to bring a negotiated
peace to the war they were plan.
ming.
I'm order to end this affair in a
profitable note for Japan. one need
but remember that in the Russo
Japan war it was necessary to
have President (Theodore) Roose-
welt act as peace mediator to
appreciate that for the expected
coming war the only one who can
be imagined as an Intermediary
is the Pope.
This fact should be kept In
mind in any step which is taken
in the occupied territory. And for
this reason too the enemys posi-
ton should be considered and the
handling Of enemy churches, etc..
in China should be carefully stud.
led. xxx
1T can be imagined that the
next war is to be longer one
than the China incident, so that
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