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711.94/1936

The Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram: Paraphrase]

TOKYO, January 27, 1941--6 p.m.
[Received January 27--6:38 a.m.]

125. A member of the Embassy was told by my--------------colleague that from many quarters, including a Japanese one, he had heard that a surprise mass attack on Pearl Harbor was planned by the Japanese military forces, in case of "trouble" between Japan and the United States; that the attack would involve the use of all the Japanese military facilities. My colleague said that he was prompted to pass

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this on because it had come to him from many sources, although the plan seemed fantastic.

GREW

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