U.S. CODE BREAKING DISCLOSURES
(Kec. 7 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. f. ,Mr James Forrestal, Secretary for the ■ Navy, told the Senate Merger ; Committee that it was a terrible tra- Y gedy that the secrets of Japanese ■ J ;-: code-breaking had been publicised, Y We were playing the Pacific war poker game with a mirror behind an- , other man’s hand,” said Mr ForrestaL- j,' .Asked how such things as code dis- Hiclosure could be avoided in future, 'c Mr Forrestal said, that it was one of. Y. the penalties, or he should say one of the corollaries, of the democratic sys- *• tem of government . ?'
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24750, 15 December 1945, Page 2
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