European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday August 12, 1993u.s. The stars and stripes Page 5 . Spied on Wii allies files show by the new York times Washington the United states spied on its world War ii allies breaking their codes and intercepting their secret diplomatic communiques newly declassified documents show. The documents depict an enormous and previously unreported american intelligence Effort. The origins of the cold War can be seen like a photograph beginning to develop in the 800 pages of intercepted communications from 1945 released to a historian As a result of a lawsuit filed against the National Security Agency the principal . Surveillance and communications interception Agency. For example american intelligence officers read the private communications of the French Leader Gen. Charles de Gaulle. They came to understand France fury at president Franklin d. Roosevelt s refusal to support its wish to Rule Indochina. After Roosevelt died in 1945, the United states gave its Blessing to France s return to Indochina in Large part to win French Solidarity against the soviet Union. The documents also show that the United states had information suggesting that top members of the Japa Nese army were willing to surrender More than three months before the United states dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Since the situation is clearly recognized to be Hope less Large sections of the japanese armed forces would not regard with Disfavour an american request for capitulation even if the terms were hard a German Diplo mat reported to Berlin after talking with a ranking Jap anese naval officer on May 5, 1945, two Days before Germany surrendered. . Intelligence analysts underscored this information As they passed it up the Chain of command the re cords show. The question of whether the atomic bombs were Nec Essary to end world War ii in the Pacific is the subject of unending debate among historians. Many . Officials believed that the alternatives were atomic bombs or an invasion of the japanese Mainland. We anticipated that we would have losses of 500,000 killed or wounded and the japanese perhaps 10 times that Many said Andrew j. Goodpastur who in 1945 was a general concerned with strategic planning under army chief of staff Gen. George c. Marshall. The historian who filed suit to obtain the documents is Gar Alperovitz a fellow at the Institute for policy studies in Washington who has argued that political considerations overwhelmed military imperatives in the decision to use the atomic bomb. Every new fragment of secret information suggests the Hiroshima decision was totally unnecessary alpe Stovitz said. With the cold War Over it s High time we cracked open All the secrets that have been kept from the american the documents reflect american spying on Belgium Bolivia Bulgaria Chile China Colombia Denmark Ecuador Egypt Finland France Greece Iran Italy Libe Ria Luxembourg Mexico the. Netherlands Norway Par Aguay Peru Poland Portugal saudi Arabia Spain Switzerland Syria Turkey Uruguay Venezuela and Yugoslavia As Well As on Germany and Japan in 1945. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago aug. 12,1983 president Rea Gan accused libyan Leader foam mar Gad Hafl of adventuring in Chad but for the first time ruled but any direct . Military intervention in the landlocked african nation. 20 years ago aug. 12,1973 Lebanon asked the . Security Council to debate the is Ali interception of a Middle East airlines jetliner chartered by iraqi airlines. 30 years ago aug. 12,1963 Secretary of state Dean Rusk returned from Moscow and predicted that further East West negotiations particularly on a Nona ression pact will not move at a great 40 years ago aug. 12,1953 Beijing radio disclosed that 1,050 american and non korean prisoners of War died while in communist custody. 50 years ago aug. 12,1943 British ships swept boldly into the Gulf of Naples in a nose snubbing gesture of Defi Ance to the italian Navy hurling vol Ley upon Volley into the Axis ship building and repair Plant at Castellammare 20 Miles South of Naples. World War ii j 50 years ago today aug. 12 red army troops a capture chug yes a Southeast of Kharkov on the Southern soviet front and the germans order in reinforcements to hold off a soviet drive at poltava that threatens to Cut off Kharkov. The americans and British push toward Messina in Sicily s northeastern Comer As German troops continue to evacuate to the Mainland. Source 2 is of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world was ii. Bison books corp., 1981 2rr lab m if Tfir ,. 4w
