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...directing General Peck to send an emissary to [Lwanhsien] to inform the Communist leader that if the fire continues against our forces, I will order an air strafing mission against the village...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Ultimatum to Lwanhsien | 11/26/1945 | See Source »

...American lives are endangered . . . it is desired that you inform the military leader or responsible authority in that vil lage in writing, both through a carefully selected emissary and through dropped leaflets, that . . . such firing must be stopped. . . . Should firing . . . continue, you are authorized to take appropriate military measures. Your warning and action should include necessary measures to ensure the safety of innocent persons." General Wedemeyer sent copies of his order to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and to General Chou Enlai, chief Communist representative in Chungking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Ultimatum to Lwanhsien | 11/26/1945 | See Source »

...Navy, which said that it would conduct distance reconnaissance, failed to inform Short that it was doing no such thing. Short never bothered to check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pearl Harbor Report: Who Was to Blame? | 9/10/1945 | See Source »

...Navy (and Washington) failed to inform Short when, "on or about Nov. 25," intelligence sources reported the presence in the Marshall Islands of a large part of the Jap fleet. The Navy failed to inform Short that it had sunk a Jap submarine in outer Pearl Harbor at about 6:30 a.m. on Dec. 7-a sure sign that attack was imminent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pearl Harbor Report: Who Was to Blame? | 9/10/1945 | See Source »

Gerow was pinned because he confused rather than informed Short with his messages. And both Marshall and Gerow were criticized because they did not take steps in the last few days to inform Short that his anti-sabotage alert was inadequate to meet the storm that might break. (War Secretary Stimson characterized the criticism of Marshall as "entirely unjustified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pearl Harbor Report: Who Was to Blame? | 9/10/1945 | See Source »

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