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

In November 1942, the Argentinean government cracked down on the Axis diplomats, limiting the number of coded messages they could send each day. Now it is revealed that the Japanese fear that Chile will truly break relations with Japan. Minister Yamagata reports to Tokyo from Santiago that the Chilean minister of the interior, Raul Morales, has left for the U.S. carrying a “secret message from the President.” Yamagata comments: “He will no doubt talk with the American authorities about getting munitions and industrial equipment. It is easy enough to see that his payment for the same will be a rupture of relations with the Axis.”