FINAL WARNING: Setting the Stage for World War II
incontestable fact in the true history of Pearl Harbor is the repeated
withholding from Admiral Kimmel and General Walter C. Short (Navy
and Army Command in Pearl Harbor) of supremely important military
information ... There’s never been a case in history when a commander
was not informed that his country will be at war within a few hours and
that his forces will most likely become the first object of attack at
sunrise.”Theobold also cited the testimony of Admiral Harold Stark (head of
Navy Headquarters in Washington) who did not reveal Japan’s de facto
declaration of war to Admiral Kimmel, and said he was acting on
orders from a “higher authority,” referring to Roosevelt, because
Marshall did not outrank Stark. Marshall merely passed on the
Roosevelt directive of December 4th, which said that no
communications could be sent to Pearl Harbor, unless it was cleared
by Marshall. On November 26, 1941, Roosevelt had sent an ultimatum,
insisting that the Japanese withdraw all their troops. He refused any
negotiations with Prince Konoye, the Japanese Prime Minister, even
though Joseph Grew (CFR member, and Rockefeller agent), the
Ambassador to Japan, said that such a meeting would prevent war
with the Japanese. The Japanese response from Tokyo to the
Japanese embassy, encrypted in the “purple code,” was intercepted
by the Navy, decoded, and given to Roosevelt on the evening of
December 6th. The thirteen-point communiqué revealed, that because
of the intense pressure of the economic sanctions, diplomatic
relations with the United States were being terminated at 1:00 PM
Eastern time on Sunday, December 7th. For all intents and purposes,
this was a declaration of war, and upon reading it, Roosevelt said:
“This means war.” It was not passed onto Pearl Harbor command, and
it was at that time that the attack began.While FDR was pushing Japan into drawing first blood, he told the
American public in his famous campaign statement of 1940: “While I
am talking to you mothers and fathers, I give you one more assurance.
I have said this before, and I shall say it again and again and again:
Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.” Then he
said later that he wouldn’t send our boys to war unless we were
attacked.Lieutenant Commander Arthur McCollum worked for Naval Intelligence