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intercept, and commented that it looked like the Japanese were going to
break off negotiations. Then he returned the MAGIC, and Beardall took it
back to the Navy Department.
Kramer, meanwhile, had hurried across the west lawn of the White
House to the ugly, ornate State Department building, arriving at about
ten minutes of 10. The Army courier appeared at almost the same
moment with the MAGIC for Hull and Stimson. Three State Department
officials who saw MAGIC—Hornbeck, Ballantine, and Hamilton—were
shown the 14th part by Hull's aide, John Stone, and the group discussed
the situation in general terms until the secretaries arrived a few minutes
later. Kramer gave his pouch to Knox and headed back to the Navy
Department.
Meanwhile, the translation of the one o'clock message had come up
from S.I.S. It was placed in Bratton's hands about 9 a.m. while he was
reading the 14th part. It "immediately stunned me into frenzied activity
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