"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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break the code. :-(

How?

By shutting down their access to oil and other resources.

???

What does that mean? Who is "their"?
Japan's. During the 30's, the Dutch East Indies (IIRC) was the main
source
of oil and other resources (Japan had about as many local resources as
they
do now.) They were essentially "shut out".

Ah, you mean the Japanese diplomatic code. There were good retaliatory
reasons we cut off their oil and other resources, but that's neither here
nor there.

It's exactly HERE.

I thought maybe you were talking up some secret "revisionist historian
code", or something! :-)

No, it's part of history, even if ignored my many in the mainstream.

A history text can only cover so much; what's important is that crucial
issues be covered, not whitewashed.

A good example from last week was the 40th Anniversary of JFK's
assassination. What's conveniently left out is that JFK's approval numbers
were below 30% and it was likely he was going to be a one-termer. Legend has
it that it was the reason LBJ "intervened"; he did not want to go down in
flames, never to run again.