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

To which Weizaeker says: “Well, that is all right with me, I suppose, but Chancellor Hitler says that, if German honor is to be maintained, Russia has to be completely defeated.… Stalin, however has other ideas and so far has shown no sign of accommodating the Fuehrer.” According to Colonel McCormack’s analysts (hereafter simply called “the analysts”), this is the “first indication, in our [Magic] material, of any statement by a German official that Germany might consider a negotiated peace with Russia.… It seems quite likely that Weizaeker’s remarks presage another bid for a Japanese attack on Russia.… If so, Weizaeker’s understanding of Japanese psychology and strategy seems faulty. The Japanese government did its best to forestall the German-Russian war, has always thought it untimely and not in the interests of Japan, and the possibility of bringing about a negotiated peace has been discussed between Tokyo and Ambassador Sato in Kuibyshev [the location of the Japanese embassy in Russia]. Sakamoto’s remark about concentrating on our ‘real foes’ can be taken as a true description of Japanese strategy, the sole immediate objectives of which are the destruction of British and U.S.