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0-19 (Rev. 1-28-59) an HISTORY is often made by ‘mediate attack on Japan 7 “what is not done. ‘The entire from north would not only course of a nation can be inflict heavy punishment but was sent three days after Pearl Harbor. It was sent by secret radio and was marked “Extra Priority.” General Marshall sent it to “War : Projects.” “War Projects” t favored MacArthur’s idea. The message was pigeon- . [holed and is not cited in the -. Hliterature concerning. this period. Until Sept. 27, 1958, it was a secret, hidden docu- ment. But now it is history and must change the per- -SIspective on the war and its ' yesults. So here: is the docu- ~" ment: ; . “RADIOGRAM : “December 10, 1941 1:30 a. nO (2: :25 a, m.) CERTAIN facts need to be recalled .in connection with this document. Soviet Russia did not enter the Far Eastern War until within a eek before its termination. Soviet Russia entered the war after the United States hurled the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. and Nagasaki (Russia entered one day be- fore Nagasaki), laying Japan low and breaking the spirit of the Japanese people. _Had General MacArthur's proposal, three days after Pearl Harbor, been given con- sideration, the Japanese could_-not have continued a topos . 12:04 p their long course of victories c Extra Priority -: which included the Philip- i Manila P. 1. : pines, Malaya, the. Dutch - General George C. Marshall December Tenth ., The mass of enemy air and naval strength ‘committed in * the theatre from Singapore to the Philippines and east- ‘ward established his weak- ness in Japan proper and def- ijnite Information ° available here shows that entry of - Russia is enemy greatest fear Stop Most favorable op- -eral’ MacArthur’s ‘message portunity now exists and im- speculated on the possibility he . _e _ oOo ast Indies . and ithe ap- proacifes to ‘Australia. Had Soviet. Russia. entered . the Far Eastern War in 1941, Chiang Kabshek’s forces egy hausted and the Chinese Communists would not have ken control of China, . ‘This is all speculative but those who pigeonholed Gen- “kam. i fchanged by acts of omission, would at once relieve pres- by failure to sure from objectives of Jap b function, by drive to southward Stop. In- + the avoidance formation being secured by +.fof a specific Knight who is known to tA step. Miles establishes that heavy * ' On Dec. 10, air attack on Jap objectives ‘ } 1941, General would not only, pull jn much ©. DouglasfiMac- of present widely perse t Arthur ad air, strength but would de- i “dFessed a stroy mucit of their exposed k message from oil supply Stop Golden op- i ‘Manila to Sokolsky portunity exists for a master - General stroke while the enemy is en- : George C. Marshall who was gaged in overextended ini- : then the boss of the Army tial air efforts. | ? "in Washington. This message * MacARTHUR.” s. would ‘not have become ex-. wot geen® By George E. Sokolsky of winning a war without the aid of Russia, actually with Russia neutral and, in effect,” giving aid to our enemy in the Far East while allied to us in the German side of the war, and conducting an agi- tation within the _ United _States for a “second front”— a campaign which diverted the United States from its principal target ‘which was then Japan. ; . " THERE IS a note on this message, written in long- hand. It is initialled L. S. K. —which stands for Major L. S. Kuter, then Assistant Sec-° retary of the General Staff. : “The note reads: =. | “Gen. Marshall is taking this up with HW. WPD recom-. mended that every effort be made to bring Russia into war.- _ Little -by little the docu- ments of history come out of hidden files to add another page to the long story of hu-. man stupidity and inepti- tude, of frailness and jeal- Ousy, of projects that cannot be carried through. Each of: these small episodes costs thousands of lives and mil- lions. in wealth. Thus do em- pires rise and fall, the Weak grow strong and the strong become weak. It is- the story. of mankind. -, Small men in high positions can destroy. what they seek to protect. This is the danger that all netions face.. King- doms have been built by. strong men only to be dissi-: pated by their stupid grand. | sons. Republics - are . only-| strong as long as the people jean check their officials; when an elite class develops which fune’ Hons in secrecy, a republic os : (Copyright. a Rr, Posture Oo a yo. ee ee Ee a Sita. ae Beds Baie Maem ca! 7 _Yolson “ Lrawon Fp * DeLoac McGuire Mohr Parsons Rosen Tamm Trojte = Tele. Room —— Holloman Gandy The Washington Post Al Times Herald The Washington Datly News —_ The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-American —_ New York Mirror New York Daily News New York Post The New York Times The Worker The New Leader The Wall Street Journal Date JUN 1 9 195¢ ne f Gx 3742! J Not a aoRDED 46 JUN 28 1859 ——