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jan 27, 1941 - U.S. ambassador wires of the surprise attack

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Joseph C. Grew, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, wires Washington that he has learned that Japan is planning a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. No one in Washington believes the information. Most senior American military experts believe the Japanese would attack Manila in the Philippine Islands if war broke out.

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jan 27, 1941
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~ 84 years ago