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

7.
Japanese Action
Appears Imminent
U. S. War Plans—To Raid and
Destroy Japanese Bases in Far East
in Support of Associated Powers
Military forces regularly make plans for the defense of their
country under various contingencies. However, by 1941
the U.S. military had developed war plans that went far
beyond trying to defend the nation against foreign aggressors.
Our Army, Navy, and Air forces were operating under a war plan
based on a secret agreement reached during the American-British
Conversations (ABC) held in Washington early in 1941. Th is
agreement had been “approved by the Joint Board, the Secretaries
of War and Navy, and by the president.” 1 Chief of Navy War
Plans Richmond Kelly Tuner termed it
179th Cong., 1st sess. Joint (Congressional) Committee on the Investigation of
the Pearl Harbor Attack. Pearl Harbor Attack, 39 vols. (Washington, D.C.: U.S.
Government Printing Offi ce), part 26, p. 264, testimony of Admiral Turner at
Hart Inquiry.
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