FROM     NAVAL ATTACHE CHUNGKING             SECNAV
DATE   19 DECEMBER 1941
TOR CODEROOM     0836/19
DECODED BY    SMTH
PARAPHRASED BY    V TUCKER                   COM 16
 
                         190650    CR0242
 
PART 4, LAST .SECTION
 
UNLESS WE BREAK JAPAN QUICKLY WE SHALL LOSE FUTURE CHINESE AND
INDIAN COOPERATION AND HAVE NO POINT IN FAR EAST FROM WHICH TO
OPERATE. XXXX WE MUST ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PRESENT RUSSIAN
ASCENDANCY WHICH MAY NOT LAST LONG. GERMANY UNDOUBTEDLY WILL
LAUNCH ANOTHER ATTACK ELSEWHERE SOON TO PREVENT BRITISH HELP TO
FAR EAST THEN STRIKE AGAIN AT RUSSIA IN SPIRING WITH JAPAN ALSO
INVADING SIBERIA. WE MUST EMPLOY ALL POSSIBLE FORCE WITH SAME
DARING THAT ENEMY HAS STRUCK AND WITHOUT THOUGHT OF LOSSES TO
MEET THIS CRISIS. OTHERWISE WE SHALL FIND OURSELVES FACING A
CONTROLLED AND HOSTILE FAR EAST AS WELL AS EUROPE WITH NO POSSIBLE
FOOTHOLD FOR COMEBACK.
 
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