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C.A., picked up a batch of cables for delivery.
He knew that the war had started and that it was the Japanese who were
attacking the ships in the harbor, but he felt he had his job to do
anyway. He glanced at the addresses on the envelopes, including the one
marked "Commanding General," and planned an efficient route. Shafter
was well down the list. His motorcycle progressed slowly through the
jammed traffic; once he was stopped by National Guardsmen who had
almost taken him for a paratrooper. At 11:45, almost two hours after the
last attackers had vanished, Marshall's warning message was delivered
to the signal officer. It got to the decoding officer at 2:40 that afternoon
and to Short himself at 3. He took one look at it and threw it into the
wastebasket, saying that it wasn't of the slightest interest.
In Tokyo, Grew was awakened at 7 a.m. by the tele-
phone, summoning him to a meeting at 7:30 with Togo. On Grew's
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