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pages could be opened into a single long sheet. Embassy Counselor
Sadao Iguchi, who was in charge of the code room, directed telegraph
officer Masana Horiuchi and code clerks Takeshi Kajiwara, Hiroshi Hori,
Juichi Yoshida, Tsukao Kawabata and Kenichiro Kondo in the burning of
the paper codes. Demolition of the code machine was more complicated,
and followed the guidelines transmitted recently by the Foreign Office.
The machines were dismantled with a screwdriver, hammered into
unrecognizability, and then dissolved in acid from the naval attache's
office to destroy them thoroughly. Some of these operations were carried
out in the gardens of the embassy; so when Bratton, who had read the
code-destruction intelligence, sent an officer to the embassy to check, he
obtained immediate confirmation.
Now the American officials realized the ominous meaning of the
HARUNA messages that had been intercepted as they were sent from New
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