In late November, 1941, the Office of Naval Intelligence recorded a trans-pacific telephone conversation between Saburo Kurusu, special envoy to the United States from Imperial Japan and Japanese Admiral Yeisuke Yamamoto.
The conversation guaranteed Yamamoto that the negotiations between the two sides were proceeding smoothly and that the attack on Pearl Harbor would be a surprise.
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