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Stark to see if he wanted to join him in sending a warning message to
American forces in the Pacific.
At approximately the same time, Ambassador Nomura was calling
Hull to request an appointment at 1 p.m. And 230 miles north of Hawaii,
the first wave of Japanese planes was thundering off the flight decks of
the carriers.
Stark was at that moment discussing the significance of the one
o'clock message with Captain R. E. Schuirman, Navy's liaison with State.
He told Marshall that he felt that enough warnings had been sent and
that more would just confuse the commanders. Marshall thereupon
wrote out the dispatch he wanted sent:
Japanese are presenting at one p.m. Eastern Standard Time
today what amounts to an ultimatum also they are under orders to
destroy their code machine immediately Stop Just what
significance the hour set may have we do not know but be on alert
accordingly Stop
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