Negotiations between Japan and America fall apart by the end of November, 1941. Their differences were too great, and mistranslations and miscommunication didn't help. A Japanese attack was looming.
Citations -
Richard B. Frank, Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, July 1937 - May 1942 (New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2020)
Eri Hotta, Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013)
John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 (New York: The Modern Library, 1970)
timesmachine.nytimes.com
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Music -
Artist: Cody Martin
Song: Sir Francis Drake
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