There are important lessons to learn from reading the official documents from around that time.6 Firstly, that the power structure of the government and the military was (and is) not of one mind. It is made up of people (all men back then) with their own differing experiences, skills, ideologies, and motivations. Many different plans for both sabotage and propaganda were suggested and discussed. The fact that false pretexts (False Flags) were suggested at all indicates that some people were willing to consider them. Many in the military and the government were probably willing to implement
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