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Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy - Ludwig von Mises ...

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160 <strong>Pearl</strong> <strong>Harbor</strong>: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Seeds</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Fruits</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Infamy</strong><br />

the decision would be for peace. If not, it would be for war. And by<br />

h<strong>and</strong>ing the Japanese ambassadors a note that we knew their government<br />

could not accept, we were rejecting a modus vivendi. Th e<br />

Japanese negotiations were not ending in success. And this, our<br />

reading <strong>of</strong> MAGIC told us, meant war! Moreover, the Japanese<br />

forces in Indochina would “be able to move within the day.”<br />

On the afternoon <strong>of</strong> November 26, Marshall <strong>and</strong> several members<br />

<strong>of</strong> his staff fl ew down to North Carolina from Washington<br />

to attend the fi nal phases <strong>of</strong> the First Army’s maneuvers. For<br />

some 36 hours at this crucial time, he was out <strong>of</strong> touch with<br />

Washington. 53<br />

53 Robert Payne, Th e Marshall Story (Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice-Hall,<br />

1952), p. 148; Forrest C. Pogue, George C. Marshall: Ordeal <strong>and</strong> Hope, 1939–<br />

1942 (New York: Viking Press 1965), p. 208.

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