Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner, director of the war plans division of the navy department, submits a confidential report to Admiral Harold “Betty” Stark, chief of naval operations, titled, “The Possible Effects of an Embargo”:
An embargo on exports will have an immediate severe psychological reaction in Japan against the United States. It is almost certain to intensify the determination of those now in power to continue their present course. Furthermore, it seems certain that, if Japan should then take military measures against the British and Dutch, she would also include military action against the Philippines, which would immediately involve us in a Pacific war.
In conclusion Turner recommends, “That trade with Japan not be embargoed at this time.”
Postscript: A week later de facto Commander-in-Chief Franklin Roosevelt, Esq., ordered an embargo against the Empire of Japan.
NOTE: As an attorney (Officer of the Court) Roosevelt was ineligible to serve in two branches of government at the same time, according to Article I, Section 6 [Clause 2].
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The Director of the War Plans Division of the Navy Department
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