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... British and French . The British could not be reached ; they were in the suburbs playing tennis . However , Rock's persuasive powers prevailed on the others . " There are enough petroleum products in the Pandacan area of Manila to ...
... British and French . The British could not be reached ; they were in the suburbs playing tennis . However , Rock's persuasive powers prevailed on the others . " There are enough petroleum products in the Pandacan area of Manila to ...
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... British fired the first shot ! The President's dilemma now becomes clearly apparent : The Japa- nese were about to attack the British and Dutch , which was known in Washington from intercepts of Japanese messages . Or perhaps the British ...
... British fired the first shot ! The President's dilemma now becomes clearly apparent : The Japa- nese were about to attack the British and Dutch , which was known in Washington from intercepts of Japanese messages . Or perhaps the British ...
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... British into firing that first shot : force them to attack the Thai near Singora as a counter move to a Japanese landing at Kota Bharu . The Thai would then re- quest Japanese aid . Some slant eye must have been reading the British ...
... British into firing that first shot : force them to attack the Thai near Singora as a counter move to a Japanese landing at Kota Bharu . The Thai would then re- quest Japanese aid . Some slant eye must have been reading the British ...
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aboard action Adair Admiral Admiral Hart Allied American anchor Army arrived ashore Asiatic attack Australia base boat bombs British called Captain carried Cavite Chief clear close coast Commander course crew cruisers December deck defense destroyers direct Dutch East enemy engine February Filipino fire fish Fleet forces four half hand Hart headed heavy Island Japan Japanese Java knew land Lanikai later less letter Lieutenant light looked MacArthur Manila March miles months moved Naval Navy night officer Operations patrol Pearl Harbor perhaps Philippines picked planes plans possible President probably radio remained Roosevelt sail sent ship short soon staff Stark submarine suggested Surabaya things thought told took torpedo turned United vessel warning Washington weeks wind wrote yards