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

received, President Roosevelt had so told ‘a certain Senator close to him’; the Senator relayed the information to Finnish Minister Procope before he left the United States; Procope got word to the Finnish Minister in Sofia; the minister gave the story to a correspondent of the Japanese newspaper Asahi; the correspondent duly informed the Japanese Military Attaché in Sofia, and the Attaché reported the matter.” The next day, the Magic Summary reveals that the Germans have acquired samples of the American miracle drug penicillin from Spain.12 This past May, the Japanese military attaché in Berlin advised Tokyo that German laboratories were “unable to achieve the excellent results announced by American scientists (MS 19 May 1944).” The acquiring of the wonder drug is accomplished by J. F. Bernhardt, the head of a German-controlled firm operating in Spain called Sofindus. The analysts in Washington note they have found out that Bernhardt has long been smuggling wolfram and other vital supplies from Spain to Germany. He also has excellent relations with important Spanish officials. Since July, American manufacturers have been allowed to make regular air shipments of penicillin to Spanish consignees approved by the Combined Blockade Committee in London. The analysts note that according to the Foreign Economic Administration the only Spanish