Marching Orders: The Untold Story of How the American Breaking of the Japanese Secret Codes Led to the Defeat of Nazi Germany and Japan

by Bruce Lee

But what these diplomats do not realize is that by the end of the war, everything they tell Tokyo is being read in Washington and London in about twenty-four to forty-eight hours. In Washington, D.C., only ten men are privileged to be on the list to read the Daily Magic Summaries.10 For the U.S. Army they are Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Chief of Staff George C. Marshall, the assistant chief in charge of OPD (Operations and Plans Division), the assistant chief of staff in charge of G-2 (Intelligence). At the Navy’s request, a copy goes to the secretary of the navy. At the State Department’s request copies go to the secretary of state and to the assistant secretary of state in charge of the Department’s signals intelligence. A copy also goes to Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who, unfortunately, never seems to pay much attention to the material during the course of the war, and to his military adviser, Adm. William D. Leahy, and to Adm. Ernest B. King, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO).11