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American Government that in view of the attitude of the American
Government it cannot but consider that it is impossible to reach an
agreement through further negotiations." Brotherhood had set it by for
distribution early in the morning.
The translation of the message directing delivery at one o'clock had
not yet come back from S.I.S. when Brotherhood was relieved at 7 a.m.,
and he told his relief, Lieutenant (j.g.) Alfred V. Pering, about it. Half an
hour later, Lieutenant Commander Alwin D. Kramer, the Japanese-
language expert who headed GZ and delivered the intercepts, arrived. He
saw at once that the all-important conclusion of the long Japanese
diplomatic note had come in since he had distributed the 13 previous
parts the night before. He prepared a smooth copy from the rough decode
and had his clerical assistant, Chief Yeoman H. L. Bryant, type up the
usual 14 copies. Twelve of these were distributed by Kramer and his
opposite number in S.I.S