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Chapter 7
For the past several years my most profound use of tools along these lines have been power-point presentations for which I’ve used google images. At least in theory, Flickr might be a better resource; time will tell.
I’m a little skeptical about the universality/helpfulness of tags, but time will tell. For example, I looked for a muscular brown horse with full main running left to right … I gave up.[p.103]
I have a flip video camera which I have used to record lectures. Great little device. My understanding is that Cisco is in the process of ending support for and even production of that device. [p.110]
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
youth 339.you.00 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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While Marcellus, with the savage and menacing look he usually wore, spoke these and like words with rising fury in his voice, countenance, and eye, that familiar grief to which a thick succession of perils had habituated the Senate gave way to a new and profounder panic, as they saw the soldiers' hands on their weapons. At the same moment the venerable form of Thrasea rose before their imagination, and some there were who pitied Helvidius too, doomed as he was to suffer for an innocent alliance. "What again," they asked, "was the charge against Agrippinus except his father's sad fate, since he too, though guiltless as his son, fell beneath the cruelty of Tiberius? As for Montanus, a youth without a blemish, author of no libellous poem, he was positively driven out an exile because he had exhibited genius."
And meanwhile Ostorius Sabinus, the accuser of Soranus, entered, and began by speaking of his friendship with Rubellius Plautus and of his proconsulate in Asia which he had, he said, adapted to his own glory rather than to the public welfare, by fostering seditious movements in the various states. These were bygones, but there was a fresh charge involving the daughter in the peril of the father, to the effect that she had lavished money on astrologers. This indeed had really occurred through the filial affection of Servilia (that was the girl's name), who, out of love for her father and the thoughtlessness of youth, had consulted them, only however about the safety of her family, whether Nero could be appeased, and the trial before the Senate have no dreadful result.
While Marcellus, with the savage and menacing look he usually wore, spoke these and like words with rising fury in his voice, countenance, and eye, that familiar grief to which a thick succession of perils had habituated the Senate gave way to a new and profounder panic, as they saw the soldiers' hands on their weapons. At the same moment the venerable form of Thrasea rose before their imagination, and some there were who pitied Helvidius too, doomed as he was to suffer for an innocent alliance. "What again," they asked, "was the charge against Agrippinus except his father's sad fate, since he too, though guiltless as his son, fell beneath the cruelty of Tiberius? As for Montanus, a youth without a blemish, author of no libellous poem, he was positively driven out an exile because he had exhibited genius."
And meanwhile Ostorius Sabinus, the accuser of Soranus, entered, and began by speaking of his friendship with Rubellius Plautus and of his proconsulate in Asia which he had, he said, adapted to his own glory rather than to the public welfare, by fostering seditious movements in the various states. These were bygones, but there was a fresh charge involving the daughter in the peril of the father, to the effect that she had lavished money on astrologers. This indeed had really occurred through the filial affection of Servilia (that was the girl's name), who, out of love for her father and the thoughtlessness of youth, had consulted them, only however about the safety of her family, whether Nero could be appeased, and the trial before the Senate have no dreadful result.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Artaxata 992.art.002 LOuis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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Meantime Tiridates, ashamed of seeming utterly powerless by not interfering with the siege, and afraid that, in attempting to stop it, he would entangle himself and his cavalry on difficult ground, resolved finally to display his forces and either give battle on the first opportunity, or, by a pretended flight, prepare the way for some stratagem. Suddenly, he threw himself on the Roman columns, without however surprising our general, who had formed his army for fighting as well as for marching. On the right and left flanks marched the third and sixth legions, with some picked men of the tenth in the centre; the baggage was secured within the lines, and the rear was guarded by a thousand cavalry, who were ordered to resist any close attack of the enemy, but not to pursue his retreat. On the wings were the foot-archers and the remainder of the cavalry, with a more extended line on the left wing, along the base of some hills, so that should the enemy penetrate the centre, he might be encountered both in front and flank. Tiridates faced us in skirmishing order, but not within missile-range, now threatening attack, now seemingly afraid, with the view of loosening our formation and falling on isolated divisions. Finding that there was no breaking of our ranks from rashness, and that only one cavalry officer advanced too boldly, and that he falling pierced with arrows, confirmed the rest in obedience by the warning, he retired on the approach of darkness.
Corbulo then encamped on the spot, and considered whether he should push on his legions without their baggage to Artaxata and blockade the city, on which, he supposed, Tiridates had fallen back. When his scouts reported that the king had undertaken a long march, and that it was doubtful whether Media or Albania was its destination, he waited for daylight, and then sent on his light-armed troops, which were meanwhile to hover round the walls and begin the attack from a distance. The inhabitants however opened the gates of their own accord, and surrendered themselves and their property to the Romans. This saved their lives; the city was fired, demolished and levelled to the ground, as it could not be held without a strong garrison from the extent of the walls, and we had not sufficient force to be divided between adequately garrisoning it and carrying on the war. If again the place were left untouched and unguarded, no advantage or glory would accrue from its capture. Then too there was a wonderful occurrence, almost a divine interposition. While the whole space outside the town, up to its buildings, was bright with sunlight, the enclosure within the walls was suddenly shrouded in a black cloud, seamed with lightning-flashes, and thus the city was thought to be given up to destruction, as if heaven was wroth against it.
Meantime Tiridates, ashamed of seeming utterly powerless by not interfering with the siege, and afraid that, in attempting to stop it, he would entangle himself and his cavalry on difficult ground, resolved finally to display his forces and either give battle on the first opportunity, or, by a pretended flight, prepare the way for some stratagem. Suddenly, he threw himself on the Roman columns, without however surprising our general, who had formed his army for fighting as well as for marching. On the right and left flanks marched the third and sixth legions, with some picked men of the tenth in the centre; the baggage was secured within the lines, and the rear was guarded by a thousand cavalry, who were ordered to resist any close attack of the enemy, but not to pursue his retreat. On the wings were the foot-archers and the remainder of the cavalry, with a more extended line on the left wing, along the base of some hills, so that should the enemy penetrate the centre, he might be encountered both in front and flank. Tiridates faced us in skirmishing order, but not within missile-range, now threatening attack, now seemingly afraid, with the view of loosening our formation and falling on isolated divisions. Finding that there was no breaking of our ranks from rashness, and that only one cavalry officer advanced too boldly, and that he falling pierced with arrows, confirmed the rest in obedience by the warning, he retired on the approach of darkness.
Corbulo then encamped on the spot, and considered whether he should push on his legions without their baggage to Artaxata and blockade the city, on which, he supposed, Tiridates had fallen back. When his scouts reported that the king had undertaken a long march, and that it was doubtful whether Media or Albania was its destination, he waited for daylight, and then sent on his light-armed troops, which were meanwhile to hover round the walls and begin the attack from a distance. The inhabitants however opened the gates of their own accord, and surrendered themselves and their property to the Romans. This saved their lives; the city was fired, demolished and levelled to the ground, as it could not be held without a strong garrison from the extent of the walls, and we had not sufficient force to be divided between adequately garrisoning it and carrying on the war. If again the place were left untouched and unguarded, no advantage or glory would accrue from its capture. Then too there was a wonderful occurrence, almost a divine interposition. While the whole space outside the town, up to its buildings, was bright with sunlight, the enclosure within the walls was suddenly shrouded in a black cloud, seamed with lightning-flashes, and thus the city was thought to be given up to destruction, as if heaven was wroth against it.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
patristic 3991.pat.022k2 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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First, there are those who consider the whole passage as spurious. The principal reasons for this view appear to be the following:
* Josephus could not represent Jesus Christ as a simple moralist, and on the other hand he could not emphasize the Messianic prophecies and expectations without offending the Roman susceptibilities;
* the above cited passage from Josephus is said to be unknown to Origen and the earlier patristic writers;
* its very place in the Josephan text is uncertain, since Eusebius (Hist. Eccl., II, vi) must have found it before the notices concerning Pilate, while it now stands after them.
But the spuriousness of the disputed Josephan passage does not imply the historian's ignorance of the facts connected with Jesus Christ. Josephus's report of his own juvenile precocity before the Jewish teachers (Vit., 2) reminds one of the story of Christ's stay in the Temple at the age of twelve; the description of his shipwreck on his journey to Rome (Vit., 3) recalls St. Paul's shipwreck as told in the Acts; finally his arbitrary introduction of a deceit practised by the priests of Isis on a Roman lady, after the chapter containing his supposed allusion to Jesus, shows a disposition to explain away the virgin birth of Jesus and to prepare the falsehoods embodied in the later Jewish writings.
First, there are those who consider the whole passage as spurious. The principal reasons for this view appear to be the following:
* Josephus could not represent Jesus Christ as a simple moralist, and on the other hand he could not emphasize the Messianic prophecies and expectations without offending the Roman susceptibilities;
* the above cited passage from Josephus is said to be unknown to Origen and the earlier patristic writers;
* its very place in the Josephan text is uncertain, since Eusebius (Hist. Eccl., II, vi) must have found it before the notices concerning Pilate, while it now stands after them.
But the spuriousness of the disputed Josephan passage does not imply the historian's ignorance of the facts connected with Jesus Christ. Josephus's report of his own juvenile precocity before the Jewish teachers (Vit., 2) reminds one of the story of Christ's stay in the Temple at the age of twelve; the description of his shipwreck on his journey to Rome (Vit., 3) recalls St. Paul's shipwreck as told in the Acts; finally his arbitrary introduction of a deceit practised by the priests of Isis on a Roman lady, after the chapter containing his supposed allusion to Jesus, shows a disposition to explain away the virgin birth of Jesus and to prepare the falsehoods embodied in the later Jewish writings.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
mechanisms 883.mech.0221 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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2. Prevention of translation of damaged mRNAs
MRNA can either (i) be incorrectly processed in the nucleus or (ii) be damaged in the cytosol. Because correct translation is critical, cells have several proofreading/correction mechanisms.
First, the recognition process looks for both the poly-a tail and the 5’cap (the absence of either is a clue that the mRNA is broken).
Second, cells have a “nonsense-mediated mRNA decay” system. This system allows the cell to assess that a given mRNA molecule has a stop (nonsense) codon (UAA, UAG, or UGA) in the wrong location; this mislocation can occur when an mRNA molecule is spliced incorrectly. The “nonsense-mediated mRNA decay” system expects to see the proper stop codon located within the last exon; if this is not the case, the mRNA molecule is destroyed. The net result of this system means that cells only produce proteins (a.k.a. “full-length proteins”). This system is a God-send for people who have one functional gene and one mutant gene as this systems sees to it that only functional proteins are produced.
2. Prevention of translation of damaged mRNAs
MRNA can either (i) be incorrectly processed in the nucleus or (ii) be damaged in the cytosol. Because correct translation is critical, cells have several proofreading/correction mechanisms.
First, the recognition process looks for both the poly-a tail and the 5’cap (the absence of either is a clue that the mRNA is broken).
Second, cells have a “nonsense-mediated mRNA decay” system. This system allows the cell to assess that a given mRNA molecule has a stop (nonsense) codon (UAA, UAG, or UGA) in the wrong location; this mislocation can occur when an mRNA molecule is spliced incorrectly. The “nonsense-mediated mRNA decay” system expects to see the proper stop codon located within the last exon; if this is not the case, the mRNA molecule is destroyed. The net result of this system means that cells only produce proteins (a.k.a. “full-length proteins”). This system is a God-send for people who have one functional gene and one mutant gene as this systems sees to it that only functional proteins are produced.
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Title
Exodus: The Real Story
Topic
Even absent Extraordinary Interventions, and with only the application of common sense to the stories written thousands of years ago, the Exodus is still the quintessential saga of the escape from oppression to a life of freedom.
Specific Purpose
Although written well after the fact and thickly embellished, there are kernels of historical accuracy in the Biblical Exodus. Rather than being merely a fantastical myth, this widely shared – in Western Societies – epic can and should resonate with modern men and women in bringing to life the universal value of being willing to incur great risks and sacrifices so as to be able to live free from oppression.
Title
Exodus: The Real Story
Topic
Even absent Extraordinary Interventions, and with only the application of common sense to the stories written thousands of years ago, the Exodus is still the quintessential saga of the escape from oppression to a life of freedom.
Specific Purpose
Although written well after the fact and thickly embellished, there are kernels of historical accuracy in the Biblical Exodus. Rather than being merely a fantastical myth, this widely shared – in Western Societies – epic can and should resonate with modern men and women in bringing to life the universal value of being willing to incur great risks and sacrifices so as to be able to live free from oppression.
Friday, May 14, 2010
returned 772.ret.00 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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Bente Borsum is a talented actress performing with the Norwegian National Theatre. Born just before W.W.II, Ms. Borsum decided on an acting career while in boarding school. She was accepted for the National Drama School and after finishing three years of school earned a permanent job with the National Theatre.
After a couple of detours caused by children and a yen for a farming career, Ms. Borsum returned to Oslo and began acting full-time. She has had a permanent position with the Norwegian Theatre for 25 years and has been director of the Norwegian National Drama School. As drama school director she broadened her students' experiences by bringing stage directors from abroad including San Diego.
As an actress with a permanent company, she has played every part from the craziest farce to the deepest drama. She considers her greatest challenge to be bringing the most sketchy comedy role to life.
Bente Borsum is widely respected and admired throughout Europe for her acting, directing and production talents, as well as for her consistent outreach to younger artists who need professional expertise and encouragement. She is a good and caring mentor and teacher.
Women's International Center is delighted to have the privilege to acknowledge and honor the continuing gifts of Bente Borsum to her country, its citizens and her colleagues with the 1995 Living Legacy Award.
Bente Borsum is a talented actress performing with the Norwegian National Theatre. Born just before W.W.II, Ms. Borsum decided on an acting career while in boarding school. She was accepted for the National Drama School and after finishing three years of school earned a permanent job with the National Theatre.
After a couple of detours caused by children and a yen for a farming career, Ms. Borsum returned to Oslo and began acting full-time. She has had a permanent position with the Norwegian Theatre for 25 years and has been director of the Norwegian National Drama School. As drama school director she broadened her students' experiences by bringing stage directors from abroad including San Diego.
As an actress with a permanent company, she has played every part from the craziest farce to the deepest drama. She considers her greatest challenge to be bringing the most sketchy comedy role to life.
Bente Borsum is widely respected and admired throughout Europe for her acting, directing and production talents, as well as for her consistent outreach to younger artists who need professional expertise and encouragement. She is a good and caring mentor and teacher.
Women's International Center is delighted to have the privilege to acknowledge and honor the continuing gifts of Bente Borsum to her country, its citizens and her colleagues with the 1995 Living Legacy Award.
Monday, May 10, 2010
gaza 449.gaz.003 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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My son was a pilot in the air force; he had just finished his training course, and he was among the aircraft that gave assistance to my division during the battles, especially in the second part of the war, after I had crossed the Suez Canal. And my daughter was in the Gaza Strip.
My son was a pilot in the air force; he had just finished his training course, and he was among the aircraft that gave assistance to my division during the battles, especially in the second part of the war, after I had crossed the Suez Canal. And my daughter was in the Gaza Strip.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
number 2772.num.992992 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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They knew that Davis was a rape parolee, and inside the apartment, the officers saw a number of troubling things.
A video camera was trained on the bed, and an open journal book contained notations about choking and sex. Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire also spotted marijuana — a clear parole violation.
Perhaps most importantly, Dena Riley admitted to an Independence police detective that her boyfriend enjoyed violent sex.
They knew that Davis was a rape parolee, and inside the apartment, the officers saw a number of troubling things.
A video camera was trained on the bed, and an open journal book contained notations about choking and sex. Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire also spotted marijuana — a clear parole violation.
Perhaps most importantly, Dena Riley admitted to an Independence police detective that her boyfriend enjoyed violent sex.
Friday, April 16, 2010
conversation 33.conv.00222 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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nswer: To the best of my knowledge the antiquities site is in the fenced area, and here are neither fence nor a sign to indicate that this is an antiquities site.
Question: Do you think that these sherds, taken out by you, are ancient?
Answer: Undoubtedly.
Question: Do you know that a dig in order to take antiquities is an offence even in an area not defined as an ancient site?
Answer: I do not know about it.
Question: According to the law one who finds antiquities must inform the Department of Antiquities. And according to the best of my knowledge no notification was given by you about finding antiquities at this site?
Answer: No, I do not know that I should have done so.�
The conversation was perhaps less dramatic in reality, but in any case, Brosh continued thus: �During this short conversation I explained to Mr. Dayan that the fence was not built by us, but...in order to protect the [later] Moslem burials from damage. A sign stating that this is an antiquities site is posted at a prominent location on top of the hill. I told Dayan that I would file a complaint against him to my superiors. I took with me the broken vessels that Dayan exposed and went. On 10.1.1965 I notified Dr. [Avraham] Biran, head of the IDAM, and Y[oseph] Naveh, area supervisor.� On 11.1.65 I approached the Jaffa Police room no. 5 to Lieutenant ---- [name missing- space left empty]. To his question, against whom the complaint is, I answered, against MK [member of Knesset/MP] Moshe Dayan. He went to the officer in charge of the station who explain to me that one cannot file a complaint against an MK unless the presidency of the Knesset rescinds his immunity. One needs first to apply in writing to the presidency of the Knesset on the matter, and only then, with such letter the police will deal with the case.�
nswer: To the best of my knowledge the antiquities site is in the fenced area, and here are neither fence nor a sign to indicate that this is an antiquities site.
Question: Do you think that these sherds, taken out by you, are ancient?
Answer: Undoubtedly.
Question: Do you know that a dig in order to take antiquities is an offence even in an area not defined as an ancient site?
Answer: I do not know about it.
Question: According to the law one who finds antiquities must inform the Department of Antiquities. And according to the best of my knowledge no notification was given by you about finding antiquities at this site?
Answer: No, I do not know that I should have done so.�
The conversation was perhaps less dramatic in reality, but in any case, Brosh continued thus: �During this short conversation I explained to Mr. Dayan that the fence was not built by us, but...in order to protect the [later] Moslem burials from damage. A sign stating that this is an antiquities site is posted at a prominent location on top of the hill. I told Dayan that I would file a complaint against him to my superiors. I took with me the broken vessels that Dayan exposed and went. On 10.1.1965 I notified Dr. [Avraham] Biran, head of the IDAM, and Y[oseph] Naveh, area supervisor.� On 11.1.65 I approached the Jaffa Police room no. 5 to Lieutenant ---- [name missing- space left empty]. To his question, against whom the complaint is, I answered, against MK [member of Knesset/MP] Moshe Dayan. He went to the officer in charge of the station who explain to me that one cannot file a complaint against an MK unless the presidency of the Knesset rescinds his immunity. One needs first to apply in writing to the presidency of the Knesset on the matter, and only then, with such letter the police will deal with the case.�
Saturday, April 3, 2010
quotation rr.quo.001002 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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The subsequent release of Col. Halt’s real-time tape recording of events confirmed that the peak figure he quoted was simply a random burst, not a steady level. For much of the time scarcely anything was being picked up by the geiger counters – on the tape we hear them describing the readings at the site as “minor clicks”. Confirmation that this was only background radiation comes from the fact that the same levels were recorded over half a mile away from the supposed landing site, after they had crossed two fields beyond the forest (read the transcript here). The highest reading mentioned on the tape is “seven tenths”, i.e. 0.07; the 0.1 figure reported by Halt appears only in his memo and we do not know exactly where that reading was obtained, assuming it was not just a rough value recalled from memory.
Yet, as is clear from Nick Pope’s quotation above, my conclusion has not been universally accepted. Pope’s own researches led him to claim that the radiation levels recorded were 10 times higher than normal, and similar claims have been made by others.
The subsequent release of Col. Halt’s real-time tape recording of events confirmed that the peak figure he quoted was simply a random burst, not a steady level. For much of the time scarcely anything was being picked up by the geiger counters – on the tape we hear them describing the readings at the site as “minor clicks”. Confirmation that this was only background radiation comes from the fact that the same levels were recorded over half a mile away from the supposed landing site, after they had crossed two fields beyond the forest (read the transcript here). The highest reading mentioned on the tape is “seven tenths”, i.e. 0.07; the 0.1 figure reported by Halt appears only in his memo and we do not know exactly where that reading was obtained, assuming it was not just a rough value recalled from memory.
Yet, as is clear from Nick Pope’s quotation above, my conclusion has not been universally accepted. Pope’s own researches led him to claim that the radiation levels recorded were 10 times higher than normal, and similar claims have been made by others.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
abductees 33.abd.002 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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A Typical Abduction Event
Introduction
Abductions are complex series of events and procedures directed by the abductors to passive or controlled abductees. In a typical or common abductions, humans are taken out of their normal environment by aliens. The people are rendered passive and cannot resist. They are taken aboard a UFO, their clothes are removed and they are made to lie on a table. A series of physical, mental, and productive procedures are then administered to the subjects. People's physical bodies are probed and examined. Sperm is taken, eggs are harvested.
The aliens perform staring procedures during which they gaze into abductees' eyes at at distance of only an inch or two. These "mindscan" procedures appear to be neurological manipulations which give the aliens the ability to "enter into" peoples' minds.
After the table procedures, abductees report that they are sometimes taken into other rooms where they are required to have skin on skin contact with unusual looking babies. Abductees say that these babies seem to be crosses between humans and aliens. They call them "hybrids." Abductees also see hybrid toddlers, older youth, adolescents, and adults.
Sometimes abductees report that they are required to perform tasks, that they are "tested" in some way. They say that machines are brought in to examine them. They sometimes are required to have a form of sexual intercourse with other humans, and sometimes with adolescent and adult hybrids. They are returned to their normal environment and within seconds, they forget what has just happened to them.
Removal of Clothes
Waiting room where clothes are removed prior to procedures
Clothes are removed from the abductee apparently for three reasons: 1, it facilitates the procedures that the aliens are about to do; 2, it helps prevent the spread of infection and disease to hybrids, and 3, it prevents the stealing of instruments and other artifacts.
The Exam
Aliens approach with instruments for examination procedure.
For years researchers thought that the examination was the reason for an abduction. It allowed them to think of the abduction phenomenon as a "study" or "experiment." In fact, the examination, while taking place during most abductions, is seldom the reason for an abduction. Rather it is usually a preliminary procedure accomplished before the abduction's main purpose.
The examination is bizarre. It usually entails aliens running their fingers over a person's body. What exactly is accomplished by this is unknown. However, recent evidence has suggested that the examination is primarily neurologically based with the beings paying particular attention to the nervous system. Thus, they closely examine the brain, the spine, and other specific neurological sites.
Mindscan
Aliens stare into eyes of abductee to connect to optic nerve in Mindscan procedure.
Mindscan is a staring procedure in which an alien peers directly into an abductee's eyes from a distance of a few inches or less. The abductee cannot close his eyes or avert his own gaze. When asked what is happening in the abductee's mind during this procedure, the abductees report having a variety of emotional states and seeing images. The evidence suggests that the alien is neurologically engaging with the optic nerve and using it as a conduit through the brain and into other neural pathways. The alien can then generate whatever emotion or image that he wants the abductee to experience or see.
Very often Mindscan is linked to egg harvesting. The alien prompts sexual stimulation to a high degree and then at a specific moment begins an internal procedure in which an egg is harvested.
Because of the intensity of the experience abductees often mistakenly report that they and the alien have "merged" into one person, or that the alien wants "to experience what it is like to be human" by this procedure. They have also mistaken Mindscan for having sexual relations with the alien.
Egg and Sperm Harvesting
Mindscan procedure administered while sperm is taken.
It is an unfortunate but constant aspect of the abduction phenomenon that aliens take eggs and sperm from people on a routine basis. For women it involves the introduction of instruments that take either recently matured eggs or invade the ovary for follicles. There is some evidence to suggest that the aliens can accomplish rapid egg maturation and release through Mindscan for harvesting purposes. Harvesting can be accomplished at any age.
For men, sperm is extracted mechanically by a device placed around the genital area. Sometimes these devices are small and portable, other times they are on carts or attached to the wall.
Sometimes abductee women are brought in for sexual relations with men. These are sperm collection procedures and do not reflect any particular interest in sexuality by the aliens.
Fetal Implant and Extraction
From time to time women have more complicated internal procedures. They report that something is being placed in them. Sometimes the aliens will tell them after this procedure, "Now you are pregnant." The next day they do feel pregnant. An Early Pregnancy Test or a trip to their gynecologist confirms this. After about 9-11 weeks, another abduction ensues and the fetus is removed.
Incubatorium
Incubatorium with fetuses in containers of liquid.
At times, women, and men and even children will be brought into a special room in which they see many containers of liquid either in columns or in rows against the wall. Suspended in each container is a fetus. The aliens tell the abductee that one or more of the fetuses is the abductee's. Why the aliens conduct this "viewing" is unknown.
Hybrid Babies
Hybrid baby with enlarged black pupils.
Frequently women are brought into a room filled with babies in special holders. They are required to have skin-on-skin contact with the baby and, if a particular procedure has been performed during the examination phase, they are told to nurse the baby. Abductees describe the babies as looking like a cross between human and alien. They say they are "hybrids." The babies are phlegmatic and do not have the reactions of normal human babies. Often abductees think that the babies are sick. The evidence seems to suggest, however, that this is their normal state. Men and children often have skin-on-skin contact with the babies.
Toddlers and Young Children
Human child plays with hybrid children, watched over by gray alien.
Humans are taken into a special room where they encounter hybrid children age 2 to 10. As the hybrid children grow, their contact with humans becomes more complex. As toddlers they engage in play behavior often helped by the abductee who is required to teach them games to play. They are sometimes seen playing with their specific toys. Human children are required to play with the hybrids as equals and also teach them games.
Hybred Toddler.
Adolescents
Adolescent hybrid female with large black pupils.
When hybrids are adolescent, their roles in the abduction phenomenon expand. They are used as assistants in abduction procedures. They help the aliens and adult hybrids. Some of them have more sophisticated technological devices for their amusement. Others have more contact with humans, sometimes sexual in nature.
Adults
Adult female hybrid holds baby before having human woman feed it.
Adult hybrids have been playing what appears to be an increasingly important role in the abduction phenomenon. They have been described as conducting abduction procedures in the company of aliens. In recent years, abductees have described complete abductions events conducted by hybrids without the supervision of aliens. They have also engaged in sexual relations with hybrids, bypassing the alien egg harvesting and implantation procedures of female abductees.
Personal Projects Hybrids
Abductees report that some hybrids have had on-going, complex, contact with them since they were children. They see the same hybrid many times over the years. The hybrids age at the same pace as the abductees. Their relationship is usually reproductively oriented. Sometimes abductees have very positive feelings toward their Personal Project Hybrid, others have extremely negative feelings about what they consider hybrid abusiveness. Some Personal Project Hybrids are exclusively interested in human life and relations. None of them are interested in human political or institutional aspects of the society.
Neurological Procedures
The neurological basis of many of the procedures listed below is just now being identified. The full meaning of these procedures is not fully understood but they are indicative of the aliens’ ability to control humans’ neurological processes. Aspects of this neurological control can be done without staring (Mindscan) procedures.
Envisioning
Aliens sometimes place images in abductees minds which they then "view" as if they were happening in reality. These visions are often of cataclysmic events -war, atomic explosions, meteorite destruction, earthquakes, and so on. At other times they may see routine scenes of middle class life- picnics, walking in a park, and so on. Although the reason for the content is not fully understood, recent evidence has suggested that the viewing of these scenes has an important neurological function in which the abductee will be asked to perform some activity in the future.
Imaging
Images on a screen train abductee to perform tasks.
Sometimes the characteristic scenes of devastation or mundane life are presented on a screen. Often they are accompanied by staring procedures conducted by the aliens while the abductees observe the screens.
Staging
Abductees will be required to play out a "charade" in which they are made to believe that some pre-arranged events are occurring and they must interact in that scene (which they believe to be real) with aliens or other abductees. This also might be a neurological procedure for future activity.
Testing (training)
Abductees are required to sit at a console and operate an electronic-like device for a specific goal. It might be keeping a dot between lines on a screen, or pressing the "correct" button upon hearing a tone. These are thought to be neurological training procedures for future activity.
Miscellaneous Procedures
There are many other procedures that abductees report. Most appear to be in the service of the aliens’ specific goals for their program. Some of the procedures that abductees report include being trained to “rescue” both humans and aliens. They report being trained in crowd control and pacification. They report learning how to work alongside hybrids doing abduction procedures. They are told that they will know what to do when the time comes.
A Typical Abduction Event
Introduction
Abductions are complex series of events and procedures directed by the abductors to passive or controlled abductees. In a typical or common abductions, humans are taken out of their normal environment by aliens. The people are rendered passive and cannot resist. They are taken aboard a UFO, their clothes are removed and they are made to lie on a table. A series of physical, mental, and productive procedures are then administered to the subjects. People's physical bodies are probed and examined. Sperm is taken, eggs are harvested.
The aliens perform staring procedures during which they gaze into abductees' eyes at at distance of only an inch or two. These "mindscan" procedures appear to be neurological manipulations which give the aliens the ability to "enter into" peoples' minds.
After the table procedures, abductees report that they are sometimes taken into other rooms where they are required to have skin on skin contact with unusual looking babies. Abductees say that these babies seem to be crosses between humans and aliens. They call them "hybrids." Abductees also see hybrid toddlers, older youth, adolescents, and adults.
Sometimes abductees report that they are required to perform tasks, that they are "tested" in some way. They say that machines are brought in to examine them. They sometimes are required to have a form of sexual intercourse with other humans, and sometimes with adolescent and adult hybrids. They are returned to their normal environment and within seconds, they forget what has just happened to them.
Removal of Clothes
Waiting room where clothes are removed prior to procedures
Clothes are removed from the abductee apparently for three reasons: 1, it facilitates the procedures that the aliens are about to do; 2, it helps prevent the spread of infection and disease to hybrids, and 3, it prevents the stealing of instruments and other artifacts.
The Exam
Aliens approach with instruments for examination procedure.
For years researchers thought that the examination was the reason for an abduction. It allowed them to think of the abduction phenomenon as a "study" or "experiment." In fact, the examination, while taking place during most abductions, is seldom the reason for an abduction. Rather it is usually a preliminary procedure accomplished before the abduction's main purpose.
The examination is bizarre. It usually entails aliens running their fingers over a person's body. What exactly is accomplished by this is unknown. However, recent evidence has suggested that the examination is primarily neurologically based with the beings paying particular attention to the nervous system. Thus, they closely examine the brain, the spine, and other specific neurological sites.
Mindscan
Aliens stare into eyes of abductee to connect to optic nerve in Mindscan procedure.
Mindscan is a staring procedure in which an alien peers directly into an abductee's eyes from a distance of a few inches or less. The abductee cannot close his eyes or avert his own gaze. When asked what is happening in the abductee's mind during this procedure, the abductees report having a variety of emotional states and seeing images. The evidence suggests that the alien is neurologically engaging with the optic nerve and using it as a conduit through the brain and into other neural pathways. The alien can then generate whatever emotion or image that he wants the abductee to experience or see.
Very often Mindscan is linked to egg harvesting. The alien prompts sexual stimulation to a high degree and then at a specific moment begins an internal procedure in which an egg is harvested.
Because of the intensity of the experience abductees often mistakenly report that they and the alien have "merged" into one person, or that the alien wants "to experience what it is like to be human" by this procedure. They have also mistaken Mindscan for having sexual relations with the alien.
Egg and Sperm Harvesting
Mindscan procedure administered while sperm is taken.
It is an unfortunate but constant aspect of the abduction phenomenon that aliens take eggs and sperm from people on a routine basis. For women it involves the introduction of instruments that take either recently matured eggs or invade the ovary for follicles. There is some evidence to suggest that the aliens can accomplish rapid egg maturation and release through Mindscan for harvesting purposes. Harvesting can be accomplished at any age.
For men, sperm is extracted mechanically by a device placed around the genital area. Sometimes these devices are small and portable, other times they are on carts or attached to the wall.
Sometimes abductee women are brought in for sexual relations with men. These are sperm collection procedures and do not reflect any particular interest in sexuality by the aliens.
Fetal Implant and Extraction
From time to time women have more complicated internal procedures. They report that something is being placed in them. Sometimes the aliens will tell them after this procedure, "Now you are pregnant." The next day they do feel pregnant. An Early Pregnancy Test or a trip to their gynecologist confirms this. After about 9-11 weeks, another abduction ensues and the fetus is removed.
Incubatorium
Incubatorium with fetuses in containers of liquid.
At times, women, and men and even children will be brought into a special room in which they see many containers of liquid either in columns or in rows against the wall. Suspended in each container is a fetus. The aliens tell the abductee that one or more of the fetuses is the abductee's. Why the aliens conduct this "viewing" is unknown.
Hybrid Babies
Hybrid baby with enlarged black pupils.
Frequently women are brought into a room filled with babies in special holders. They are required to have skin-on-skin contact with the baby and, if a particular procedure has been performed during the examination phase, they are told to nurse the baby. Abductees describe the babies as looking like a cross between human and alien. They say they are "hybrids." The babies are phlegmatic and do not have the reactions of normal human babies. Often abductees think that the babies are sick. The evidence seems to suggest, however, that this is their normal state. Men and children often have skin-on-skin contact with the babies.
Toddlers and Young Children
Human child plays with hybrid children, watched over by gray alien.
Humans are taken into a special room where they encounter hybrid children age 2 to 10. As the hybrid children grow, their contact with humans becomes more complex. As toddlers they engage in play behavior often helped by the abductee who is required to teach them games to play. They are sometimes seen playing with their specific toys. Human children are required to play with the hybrids as equals and also teach them games.
Hybred Toddler.
Adolescents
Adolescent hybrid female with large black pupils.
When hybrids are adolescent, their roles in the abduction phenomenon expand. They are used as assistants in abduction procedures. They help the aliens and adult hybrids. Some of them have more sophisticated technological devices for their amusement. Others have more contact with humans, sometimes sexual in nature.
Adults
Adult female hybrid holds baby before having human woman feed it.
Adult hybrids have been playing what appears to be an increasingly important role in the abduction phenomenon. They have been described as conducting abduction procedures in the company of aliens. In recent years, abductees have described complete abductions events conducted by hybrids without the supervision of aliens. They have also engaged in sexual relations with hybrids, bypassing the alien egg harvesting and implantation procedures of female abductees.
Personal Projects Hybrids
Abductees report that some hybrids have had on-going, complex, contact with them since they were children. They see the same hybrid many times over the years. The hybrids age at the same pace as the abductees. Their relationship is usually reproductively oriented. Sometimes abductees have very positive feelings toward their Personal Project Hybrid, others have extremely negative feelings about what they consider hybrid abusiveness. Some Personal Project Hybrids are exclusively interested in human life and relations. None of them are interested in human political or institutional aspects of the society.
Neurological Procedures
The neurological basis of many of the procedures listed below is just now being identified. The full meaning of these procedures is not fully understood but they are indicative of the aliens’ ability to control humans’ neurological processes. Aspects of this neurological control can be done without staring (Mindscan) procedures.
Envisioning
Aliens sometimes place images in abductees minds which they then "view" as if they were happening in reality. These visions are often of cataclysmic events -war, atomic explosions, meteorite destruction, earthquakes, and so on. At other times they may see routine scenes of middle class life- picnics, walking in a park, and so on. Although the reason for the content is not fully understood, recent evidence has suggested that the viewing of these scenes has an important neurological function in which the abductee will be asked to perform some activity in the future.
Imaging
Images on a screen train abductee to perform tasks.
Sometimes the characteristic scenes of devastation or mundane life are presented on a screen. Often they are accompanied by staring procedures conducted by the aliens while the abductees observe the screens.
Staging
Abductees will be required to play out a "charade" in which they are made to believe that some pre-arranged events are occurring and they must interact in that scene (which they believe to be real) with aliens or other abductees. This also might be a neurological procedure for future activity.
Testing (training)
Abductees are required to sit at a console and operate an electronic-like device for a specific goal. It might be keeping a dot between lines on a screen, or pressing the "correct" button upon hearing a tone. These are thought to be neurological training procedures for future activity.
Miscellaneous Procedures
There are many other procedures that abductees report. Most appear to be in the service of the aliens’ specific goals for their program. Some of the procedures that abductees report include being trained to “rescue” both humans and aliens. They report being trained in crowd control and pacification. They report learning how to work alongside hybrids doing abduction procedures. They are told that they will know what to do when the time comes.
Friday, March 12, 2010
unaware 3.una.001 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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Part 8: Indirect Human-Alien Telepathy
Frequently abductees report that they can “tap into” communication between two or more aliens and between other humans and other aliens. Although it is difficult for them to be precise about everything the aliens say, they generally comprehend the context of the discussions, which often involve mundane exchanges about the best way to go about performing a procedure upon the abductee, the nature of the next procedure to perform, or aspects of the abductee's physiology. Sometimes abductees can be quite specific, detailing what each alien said. Therefore, aliens and humans in proximity to “hear” telepathic communication can receive at least some of it. It is not known if the aliens can "privatize" their communication by "whispering" or by in some way preventing others from hearing their thoughts.
As yet, researchers have found no evidence to suggest that abductees can hear or monitor alien thought processes apart from those specifically employed for communication. They cannot “listen in” on the private mental world of thoughts that the beings might possess. Abductees are unaware of the ideas that lurk behind the aliens' conversations directed at them. Thus, the abductees probably have only limited abilities to “listen” to the aliens' thoughts. But, testimony exists to suggest that the reverse might be true -- aliens can understand what abductees are thinking privately. For example, when one abductee was forced to hold a hybrid baby, she threatened to throw it to the floor. She said, however, that the aliens “knew” she did not mean it. Similarly, when an abductee is worried about another family member abducted with him, the aliens will tell him that the relative will be all right, even though the abductee did not directly address the alien about his fears. When abductees are becoming frightened just before a procedure is administered, the aliens will “sense” the anxiety and take measures to calm him. Abductees appear not to have these abilities and therefore the aliens might well have stronger powers of telepathic communication than abductees possess or they might have less emotional strength to allow the abductees to sense.
Part 8: Indirect Human-Alien Telepathy
Frequently abductees report that they can “tap into” communication between two or more aliens and between other humans and other aliens. Although it is difficult for them to be precise about everything the aliens say, they generally comprehend the context of the discussions, which often involve mundane exchanges about the best way to go about performing a procedure upon the abductee, the nature of the next procedure to perform, or aspects of the abductee's physiology. Sometimes abductees can be quite specific, detailing what each alien said. Therefore, aliens and humans in proximity to “hear” telepathic communication can receive at least some of it. It is not known if the aliens can "privatize" their communication by "whispering" or by in some way preventing others from hearing their thoughts.
As yet, researchers have found no evidence to suggest that abductees can hear or monitor alien thought processes apart from those specifically employed for communication. They cannot “listen in” on the private mental world of thoughts that the beings might possess. Abductees are unaware of the ideas that lurk behind the aliens' conversations directed at them. Thus, the abductees probably have only limited abilities to “listen” to the aliens' thoughts. But, testimony exists to suggest that the reverse might be true -- aliens can understand what abductees are thinking privately. For example, when one abductee was forced to hold a hybrid baby, she threatened to throw it to the floor. She said, however, that the aliens “knew” she did not mean it. Similarly, when an abductee is worried about another family member abducted with him, the aliens will tell him that the relative will be all right, even though the abductee did not directly address the alien about his fears. When abductees are becoming frightened just before a procedure is administered, the aliens will “sense” the anxiety and take measures to calm him. Abductees appear not to have these abilities and therefore the aliens might well have stronger powers of telepathic communication than abductees possess or they might have less emotional strength to allow the abductees to sense.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
immediately 44.imm.993 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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Grenier was no priest's son, it turned out, but the offspring of a poor laborer. He'd been hired by several villagers to watch their sheep but had often neglected his duties. Taken before the courts, he continued to state that he could take the form of a wolf, and then told his tale. When he was 10, he insisted, a neighbor had taken him into the woods and introduced him to M. de la Forest, a dark-skinned man who gave them both a salve and a wolf-skin cape. Thereafter, Grenier had found himself able to change into a wolf. He claimed that he'd killed a dog, but initially did not admit to anything worse.
Then under more intense questioning, he admitted to going into a house, grabbing a baby and killing it. He said he consumed it. In another village, he killed and ate pieces from a little girl, and then repeated this in another place. He had done these things, he said, at the command of the "Lord of the Forest," adding that his father often accompanied him, also in the form of a wolf. In addition, he'd seen his stepmother vomit up the paws of a dog and the finger of a child.
Since Grenier's accounts coincided with reports of missing children, his father and stepmother were questioned. They agreed that Jean believed himself to be a wolf, but denied that they had any involvement in his misdeeds. As authorities continued to investigate, they discovered that some children who'd been attacked but had survived bore wounds that were just as Grenier had described. (He had pointed to one girl who'd said she'd been attacked by a large dog and identified her wounds accurately as having been made by his teeth.) One girl claimed to have witnessed his transformation.
Grenier told his story again the next day in the presence of his father, without changing anything, but there was no evidence against the elder Grenier, so his case was dismissed. As for Jean, the court believed him to be an imbecile who was hallucinating, and the judge stated that "the change of shape existed only in the brain of the insane." In that case, because he was not responsible for his acts he could not be punished, so he was sent to perpetual imprisonment in a monastery at Bordeaux. If he attempted to escape, he was warned, he'd be executed.
The monks had quite a time of it. They were to instruct Grenier in the Christian teachings, but he immediately loped around the courtyard on all fours and ate a pile of raw offal. Still, they kept him there and tried to do what they could for him. An official from the court visited him after seven years and learned from Grenier that he still craved the taste of flesh and still entertained visits from his dark master. Only a few months later, at the age of twenty, he died.
Adam Douglas indicates in The Beast Within that this case effectively ended the persecution and trials of supposed werewolves in the French judicial system. But before that, there were numerous sensational incidents involving the so-called loup-garou.
Grenier was no priest's son, it turned out, but the offspring of a poor laborer. He'd been hired by several villagers to watch their sheep but had often neglected his duties. Taken before the courts, he continued to state that he could take the form of a wolf, and then told his tale. When he was 10, he insisted, a neighbor had taken him into the woods and introduced him to M. de la Forest, a dark-skinned man who gave them both a salve and a wolf-skin cape. Thereafter, Grenier had found himself able to change into a wolf. He claimed that he'd killed a dog, but initially did not admit to anything worse.
Then under more intense questioning, he admitted to going into a house, grabbing a baby and killing it. He said he consumed it. In another village, he killed and ate pieces from a little girl, and then repeated this in another place. He had done these things, he said, at the command of the "Lord of the Forest," adding that his father often accompanied him, also in the form of a wolf. In addition, he'd seen his stepmother vomit up the paws of a dog and the finger of a child.
Since Grenier's accounts coincided with reports of missing children, his father and stepmother were questioned. They agreed that Jean believed himself to be a wolf, but denied that they had any involvement in his misdeeds. As authorities continued to investigate, they discovered that some children who'd been attacked but had survived bore wounds that were just as Grenier had described. (He had pointed to one girl who'd said she'd been attacked by a large dog and identified her wounds accurately as having been made by his teeth.) One girl claimed to have witnessed his transformation.
Grenier told his story again the next day in the presence of his father, without changing anything, but there was no evidence against the elder Grenier, so his case was dismissed. As for Jean, the court believed him to be an imbecile who was hallucinating, and the judge stated that "the change of shape existed only in the brain of the insane." In that case, because he was not responsible for his acts he could not be punished, so he was sent to perpetual imprisonment in a monastery at Bordeaux. If he attempted to escape, he was warned, he'd be executed.
The monks had quite a time of it. They were to instruct Grenier in the Christian teachings, but he immediately loped around the courtyard on all fours and ate a pile of raw offal. Still, they kept him there and tried to do what they could for him. An official from the court visited him after seven years and learned from Grenier that he still craved the taste of flesh and still entertained visits from his dark master. Only a few months later, at the age of twenty, he died.
Adam Douglas indicates in The Beast Within that this case effectively ended the persecution and trials of supposed werewolves in the French judicial system. But before that, there were numerous sensational incidents involving the so-called loup-garou.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
peso 44.pes.001 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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Constanzo's rituals became more elaborate and sadistic after he moved his cult headquarters to Rancho Santa Elena, 20 miles outside Matamoros. There, on May 28, 1988, Constanzo shot drug dealer Hector de la Fuente and a farmer named Moises Castillo, but the sacrifices didn't satisfy him. Back in Mexico City, on July 16, he supervised the torture and dismemberment of Raul Paz Esquivel, a transvestite and former lover of cult member Jorge Montes. The gruesome remains were dumped on a public street, found by children who ran shrieking to summon police.
Mutilation and pain were essential to palo mayombe. Blood and viscera fed the nganga, manipulated with sticks as Constanzo tuned in the spirit world. The demons he served were more likely to smile on a sacrifice that died in agony. "They must die screaming," El Padrino told his flock. As for the point in nearly every sacrifice where Constanzo sodomized his victims, that was simply a fringe benefit of playing god.
On August 10, 1988, in reprisal for an $800,000 drug rip-off, rival narcotics dealers kidnapped Ovidio Hernandez and his 2 -year-old sons. Constanzo's ghoul squad kidnapped a stranger two days later and tortured him to death at Rancho Santa Elena, chanting prayers for the safe release of Hernandez and son. When the hostages were released on August 13, without a peso's ransom changing hands, Constanzo claimed full credit for the triumph. His star was rising, and Constanzo paid little attention to the suicide of his disciple Florentino Ventura in Mexico City on September 17. (Ventura also killed his wife and a friend with the same burst of gunfire.)
Constanzo's rituals became more elaborate and sadistic after he moved his cult headquarters to Rancho Santa Elena, 20 miles outside Matamoros. There, on May 28, 1988, Constanzo shot drug dealer Hector de la Fuente and a farmer named Moises Castillo, but the sacrifices didn't satisfy him. Back in Mexico City, on July 16, he supervised the torture and dismemberment of Raul Paz Esquivel, a transvestite and former lover of cult member Jorge Montes. The gruesome remains were dumped on a public street, found by children who ran shrieking to summon police.
Mutilation and pain were essential to palo mayombe. Blood and viscera fed the nganga, manipulated with sticks as Constanzo tuned in the spirit world. The demons he served were more likely to smile on a sacrifice that died in agony. "They must die screaming," El Padrino told his flock. As for the point in nearly every sacrifice where Constanzo sodomized his victims, that was simply a fringe benefit of playing god.
On August 10, 1988, in reprisal for an $800,000 drug rip-off, rival narcotics dealers kidnapped Ovidio Hernandez and his 2 -year-old sons. Constanzo's ghoul squad kidnapped a stranger two days later and tortured him to death at Rancho Santa Elena, chanting prayers for the safe release of Hernandez and son. When the hostages were released on August 13, without a peso's ransom changing hands, Constanzo claimed full credit for the triumph. His star was rising, and Constanzo paid little attention to the suicide of his disciple Florentino Ventura in Mexico City on September 17. (Ventura also killed his wife and a friend with the same burst of gunfire.)
Sunday, January 17, 2010
telephone 22.tel.00020 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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One sad example of this ruse involved a vibrant 77-year-old, Lizzie Adams.
She loved dancing with her dance partner, William Catlow — She played Ginger to his Fred. William dropped in to visit Lizzie the day she died.
When he arrived, he found Shipman examining her impressive collection of porcelains and crystal. In the next room, Lizzie lay dying.
Catlow told the court, "I just burst past him...she felt warm. I said, 'I can feel her pulse.'"
Shipman said, "No, that's yours. I will cancel the ambulance."
But telephone records proved Shipman never phoned the ambulance service that day.
In another case, that of Nora Nuttall, her son Anthony told how he had left his mother alone for just 20 minutes. He returned to find Dr. Shipman leaving their house. 'I asked him what was wrong. He said "I have rung an ambulance for her." I ran in and... she looked like she was asleep in the chair. I took her by the hands and shook her, saying, "Mum, Mum..."'
Shortly after, Shipman merely touched her neck and told the son, "I'm sorry, she has gone."
Tales of phone calls the doctor never made continued.
Norah Nuttall's sister went to Shipman's office to examine the dead woman's records — she wanted details of her sister's death.
Annoyed, Shipman addressed his staff: "I knew it would happen, I told you it would happen."
Quickly, he fabricated a story of how Norah had called his office to say she was ill. Shipman then claimed he'd been paged and just happened to be nearby. When telephone records proved him wrong, Shipman quickly fabricated a new story.
But he outdid himself with the tale of the missing blood samples. His reason for visiting his last victim, Kathleen Grundy, was allegedly to collect blood samples for a study on aging. When asked what had happened to them, he initially said they had gone for analysis.
One sad example of this ruse involved a vibrant 77-year-old, Lizzie Adams.
She loved dancing with her dance partner, William Catlow — She played Ginger to his Fred. William dropped in to visit Lizzie the day she died.
When he arrived, he found Shipman examining her impressive collection of porcelains and crystal. In the next room, Lizzie lay dying.
Catlow told the court, "I just burst past him...she felt warm. I said, 'I can feel her pulse.'"
Shipman said, "No, that's yours. I will cancel the ambulance."
But telephone records proved Shipman never phoned the ambulance service that day.
In another case, that of Nora Nuttall, her son Anthony told how he had left his mother alone for just 20 minutes. He returned to find Dr. Shipman leaving their house. 'I asked him what was wrong. He said "I have rung an ambulance for her." I ran in and... she looked like she was asleep in the chair. I took her by the hands and shook her, saying, "Mum, Mum..."'
Shortly after, Shipman merely touched her neck and told the son, "I'm sorry, she has gone."
Tales of phone calls the doctor never made continued.
Norah Nuttall's sister went to Shipman's office to examine the dead woman's records — she wanted details of her sister's death.
Annoyed, Shipman addressed his staff: "I knew it would happen, I told you it would happen."
Quickly, he fabricated a story of how Norah had called his office to say she was ill. Shipman then claimed he'd been paged and just happened to be nearby. When telephone records proved him wrong, Shipman quickly fabricated a new story.
But he outdid himself with the tale of the missing blood samples. His reason for visiting his last victim, Kathleen Grundy, was allegedly to collect blood samples for a study on aging. When asked what had happened to them, he initially said they had gone for analysis.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
appointment 22.app.8854 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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In the spring of 1862, during the Peninsula Campaign, the Union Army of the Potomac under General George B. McClellan advanced upon Richmond from Fort Monroe, eventually reaching the eastern edges of the Confederate capital along the Chickahominy River. Following the wounding of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston at the Battle of Seven Pines, on June 1, 1862, Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia, his first opportunity to lead an army in the field. Newspaper editorials of the day objected to his appointment due to concerns that Lee would not be aggressive and would wait for the Union army to come to him. Early in the war his men called him "Granny Lee" because of his allegedly timid style of command.[29] After the Seven Days Battles until the end of the war his men called him simply "Marse Robert." He oversaw substantial strengthening of Richmond's defenses during the first three weeks of June and then launched a series of attacks, the Seven Days Battles, against McClellan's forces. Lee's attacks resulted in heavy Confederate casualties and they were marred by clumsy tactical performances by his subordinates, but his aggressive actions unnerved McClellan, who retreated to a point on the James River where Union naval forces were in control. These successes led to a rapid turn-around of public opinion and the newspaper editorials quickly changed their tune on Lee's aggressiveness.
After McClellan's retreat, Lee defeated another Union army at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Within 90 days of taking command, Lee had run McClellan off the Peninsula, defeated Pope at Second Manassas, and the battle lines had moved from 6 miles outside Richmond, to 20 miles outside Washington. Instead of a quick end to the war that the Peninsula Campaign had promised in its early stages, the war would go on for almost another 3 years and claim a half million more lives. He then invaded Maryland, hoping to replenish his supplies and possibly influence the Northern elections to fall in favor of ending the war. McClellan's men recovered a lost order that revealed Lee's plans. McClellan always exaggerated Lee's forces, but now he knew the Confederate army was divided and could be destroyed by an all-out attack at Antietam. Yet McClellan was too slow in moving, not realizing Lee had been informed by a spy that McClellan had the plans. Lee urgently recalled Stonewall Jackson and in the bloodiest day of the war, Lee withstood the Union assaults. He withdrew his battered army back to Virginia while President Abraham Lincoln used the reverse as sufficient pretext to announce the Emancipation Proclamation to put the Confederacy on the diplomatic and moral defensive.
September 1866 Lee mounted on Traveller
Disappointed by McClellan's failure to destroy Lee's army, Lincoln named Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac. Burnside ordered an attack across the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg. Delays in getting bridges built across the river allowed Lee's army ample time to organize strong defenses, and the attack on December 12, 1862, was a disaster for the Union. Lincoln then named Joseph Hooker commander of the Army of the Potomac. Hooker's advance to attack Lee in May, 1863, near Chancellorsville, Virginia, was defeated by Lee and Stonewall Jackson's daring plan to divide the army and attack Hooker's flank. It was a victory over a larger force, but it also came with a great cost; Jackson, one of Lee's best subordinates, was accidentally wounded by his own troops, and soon after died of pneumonia.
In the spring of 1862, during the Peninsula Campaign, the Union Army of the Potomac under General George B. McClellan advanced upon Richmond from Fort Monroe, eventually reaching the eastern edges of the Confederate capital along the Chickahominy River. Following the wounding of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston at the Battle of Seven Pines, on June 1, 1862, Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia, his first opportunity to lead an army in the field. Newspaper editorials of the day objected to his appointment due to concerns that Lee would not be aggressive and would wait for the Union army to come to him. Early in the war his men called him "Granny Lee" because of his allegedly timid style of command.[29] After the Seven Days Battles until the end of the war his men called him simply "Marse Robert." He oversaw substantial strengthening of Richmond's defenses during the first three weeks of June and then launched a series of attacks, the Seven Days Battles, against McClellan's forces. Lee's attacks resulted in heavy Confederate casualties and they were marred by clumsy tactical performances by his subordinates, but his aggressive actions unnerved McClellan, who retreated to a point on the James River where Union naval forces were in control. These successes led to a rapid turn-around of public opinion and the newspaper editorials quickly changed their tune on Lee's aggressiveness.
After McClellan's retreat, Lee defeated another Union army at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Within 90 days of taking command, Lee had run McClellan off the Peninsula, defeated Pope at Second Manassas, and the battle lines had moved from 6 miles outside Richmond, to 20 miles outside Washington. Instead of a quick end to the war that the Peninsula Campaign had promised in its early stages, the war would go on for almost another 3 years and claim a half million more lives. He then invaded Maryland, hoping to replenish his supplies and possibly influence the Northern elections to fall in favor of ending the war. McClellan's men recovered a lost order that revealed Lee's plans. McClellan always exaggerated Lee's forces, but now he knew the Confederate army was divided and could be destroyed by an all-out attack at Antietam. Yet McClellan was too slow in moving, not realizing Lee had been informed by a spy that McClellan had the plans. Lee urgently recalled Stonewall Jackson and in the bloodiest day of the war, Lee withstood the Union assaults. He withdrew his battered army back to Virginia while President Abraham Lincoln used the reverse as sufficient pretext to announce the Emancipation Proclamation to put the Confederacy on the diplomatic and moral defensive.
September 1866 Lee mounted on Traveller
Disappointed by McClellan's failure to destroy Lee's army, Lincoln named Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac. Burnside ordered an attack across the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg. Delays in getting bridges built across the river allowed Lee's army ample time to organize strong defenses, and the attack on December 12, 1862, was a disaster for the Union. Lincoln then named Joseph Hooker commander of the Army of the Potomac. Hooker's advance to attack Lee in May, 1863, near Chancellorsville, Virginia, was defeated by Lee and Stonewall Jackson's daring plan to divide the army and attack Hooker's flank. It was a victory over a larger force, but it also came with a great cost; Jackson, one of Lee's best subordinates, was accidentally wounded by his own troops, and soon after died of pneumonia.
Monday, November 16, 2009
practice 6.pra.992 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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You t'ink-a you smart
you foolish-a boy
Tomorrow you start
In my-a employ!
You unner-a-stan'?
You like-a my plan —?"
Pirelli the Barber in "Sweeney Todd" by Stephen Sondheim.
History would have been much different if the parson had found a different tradesman in need of an apprentice in the weeks following the disappearance of Sweeney Todd's parents. Somehow, the Bloody Blacksmith of Bowler Street doesn't have the same ring to it as the Demon Barber. Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire But shortly after he became a ward of the court, Sweeney was turned over to a cutler, the trade responsible for, among other things, manufacturing and sharpening knives and razors.
Under the sign of the "Pistol and C" in Great Turnstile, Holborn, the aptly named John Crook had set up shop, fashioning any number of articles from backgammon tables to gunpowder, but specializing in razors. Apprentices in the 18th century were little more than slaves to their masters, and foul treatment at the hands of the teacher was the norm. The students lived in disheartening poverty, and those orphans who had no one to stand up for them, were most cruelly used.
"Any person, master or journeyman, man or woman, housekeeper or lodger, who would undertake to provide food, lodging and instruction, could take an apprentice," wrote Dorothy George. "All the earnings of the apprentice, whether they were for the master or a third person, became the property of the master."
A report issued by the government around the time of Todd's apprenticeship to Crook, reveals a common practice: "The master may be a tiger in cruelty... (and) few people take much notice. The greatest part of those who now take poor apprentices are the most indigent and dishonest, Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire and it is the fate of many a poor child, not only to be half-starved and sometimes bred up in no trade, but to be forced to thieve and steal for his master, and so is brought to the gallows into the bargain."
Young Sweeney Todd almost fell into that common trap, when two years after he joined Crook's shop he was arrested and convicted of petty larceny. The details of the crime are scarce, whether Crook was the victim or co-conspirator was never recorded. Sweeney could have walked the steps to the hangman's noose for a theft conviction, but since he was just 14 years old, the judge at Old Bailey took pity on the orphan and sentenced him to five years in Newgate Prison. The mercy shown to Sweeney Todd was, as noted above, unusual. Children trained as pickpockets were hanged for as little as the theft of a handkerchief, and any kind of shoplifting was punishable by death.
You t'ink-a you smart
you foolish-a boy
Tomorrow you start
In my-a employ!
You unner-a-stan'?
You like-a my plan —?"
Pirelli the Barber in "Sweeney Todd" by Stephen Sondheim.
History would have been much different if the parson had found a different tradesman in need of an apprentice in the weeks following the disappearance of Sweeney Todd's parents. Somehow, the Bloody Blacksmith of Bowler Street doesn't have the same ring to it as the Demon Barber. Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire But shortly after he became a ward of the court, Sweeney was turned over to a cutler, the trade responsible for, among other things, manufacturing and sharpening knives and razors.
Under the sign of the "Pistol and C" in Great Turnstile, Holborn, the aptly named John Crook had set up shop, fashioning any number of articles from backgammon tables to gunpowder, but specializing in razors. Apprentices in the 18th century were little more than slaves to their masters, and foul treatment at the hands of the teacher was the norm. The students lived in disheartening poverty, and those orphans who had no one to stand up for them, were most cruelly used.
"Any person, master or journeyman, man or woman, housekeeper or lodger, who would undertake to provide food, lodging and instruction, could take an apprentice," wrote Dorothy George. "All the earnings of the apprentice, whether they were for the master or a third person, became the property of the master."
A report issued by the government around the time of Todd's apprenticeship to Crook, reveals a common practice: "The master may be a tiger in cruelty... (and) few people take much notice. The greatest part of those who now take poor apprentices are the most indigent and dishonest, Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire and it is the fate of many a poor child, not only to be half-starved and sometimes bred up in no trade, but to be forced to thieve and steal for his master, and so is brought to the gallows into the bargain."
Young Sweeney Todd almost fell into that common trap, when two years after he joined Crook's shop he was arrested and convicted of petty larceny. The details of the crime are scarce, whether Crook was the victim or co-conspirator was never recorded. Sweeney could have walked the steps to the hangman's noose for a theft conviction, but since he was just 14 years old, the judge at Old Bailey took pity on the orphan and sentenced him to five years in Newgate Prison. The mercy shown to Sweeney Todd was, as noted above, unusual. Children trained as pickpockets were hanged for as little as the theft of a handkerchief, and any kind of shoplifting was punishable by death.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
also 5.als.0004004 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
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Department of the Air Force, Current and past records management regulations
Washington, D.C. Report of Air Force Research Regarding the Roswell Incident, July 1994
Dept of the Army, Washington, D.C. Current and past records management regulations
Dept of the Navy, Washington, D.C. Air accident reports, July 1947
Air Force Safety Agency, Kirtland Air Air accident reports, July 1947
Force Base, N. Mex.
Air Force History Support Office, 509th Bomb Group and RAAF monthly
Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, histories, July and August 1947
D.C.
National Security Agency, FOIA records, Citizens Against UFO Secrecy
Fort Meade, Md.
Military History Institute, Army War Army Counterintelligence Corps reports,1947
College, Carlisle, Pa.
Army Central Security Facility, Army Counterintelligence Corps reports, 1947
Fort Meade, Md.
Central Intelligence Agency, Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects (Robertson
Langley,Va. Panel) report FOIA records, Ground Saucer Watch, Inc.
Federal Bureau of Investigation, FOIA records on unidentified flying objects
Washington, D.C.
National Atomic Museum, Kirtland Air 509th Bomb Group historical information, 1947
Force Base, N. Mex. RAAF base newspaper Atomic Blast, July
and August 1947
\a Project Sign was the predecessor to Project Blue Book.
Our search of government records was complicated by the fact that some records we wanted to review were missing and there was not always an explanation. Further, the records management regulations for the retention and disposition of records were unclear or changing during the period we reviewed.
We also queried the National Security Council, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Department of Energy, the FBI, DOD, and the CIA to determine what government records they have on the Roswell crash. We did not independently verify the information provided to us in their written responses.
In addition to physically examining government records, we contacted the following federal activities to determine whether they had any information about the Roswell crash:
# Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama;
# Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio;
Department of the Air Force, Current and past records management regulations
Washington, D.C. Report of Air Force Research Regarding the Roswell Incident, July 1994
Dept of the Army, Washington, D.C. Current and past records management regulations
Dept of the Navy, Washington, D.C. Air accident reports, July 1947
Air Force Safety Agency, Kirtland Air Air accident reports, July 1947
Force Base, N. Mex.
Air Force History Support Office, 509th Bomb Group and RAAF monthly
Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, histories, July and August 1947
D.C.
National Security Agency, FOIA records, Citizens Against UFO Secrecy
Fort Meade, Md.
Military History Institute, Army War Army Counterintelligence Corps reports,1947
College, Carlisle, Pa.
Army Central Security Facility, Army Counterintelligence Corps reports, 1947
Fort Meade, Md.
Central Intelligence Agency, Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects (Robertson
Langley,Va. Panel) report FOIA records, Ground Saucer Watch, Inc.
Federal Bureau of Investigation, FOIA records on unidentified flying objects
Washington, D.C.
National Atomic Museum, Kirtland Air 509th Bomb Group historical information, 1947
Force Base, N. Mex. RAAF base newspaper Atomic Blast, July
and August 1947
\a Project Sign was the predecessor to Project Blue Book.
Our search of government records was complicated by the fact that some records we wanted to review were missing and there was not always an explanation. Further, the records management regulations for the retention and disposition of records were unclear or changing during the period we reviewed.
We also queried the National Security Council, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Department of Energy, the FBI, DOD, and the CIA to determine what government records they have on the Roswell crash. We did not independently verify the information provided to us in their written responses.
In addition to physically examining government records, we contacted the following federal activities to determine whether they had any information about the Roswell crash:
# Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama;
# Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio;
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Mexican Newspaper 6.new.00100 Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/pingTHE "MAGIC" BACKGROUND OF PEARL HARBOR
Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire
303. Mexico Receives No Japanese News
In answer to a circular requesting information as to the reception and dissemination of Domei news reports, Minister Miura replied on September 18, 1941 that no government organization, news agency or newspaper in Mexico was receiving Japanese dispatches. He also reported that the transmission of Domei news items by way of San Francisco had been discontinued since early in September.[842]
304. Minister Miura Foresees Difficulty in Shipping Machinery to Japan
Reporting that since the Presidential order had been issued in Mexico "nerves had become sharpened" regarding export smuggling, the Japanese Minister on September 18, 1941 advised that the transportation of the machinery of the Pacific Petroleum Company to Japan would arouse suspicion and perturb the employees. A shipment of all the machinery at one time would be conspicuous and difficult since the machinery was scattered widely.
Although applications for export permits were being made, it was evident that it would be difficult to obtain them. However, since the machinery would pass customs without inspection as Legation property, there seemed to be no other solution than to have holders of diplomatic passports take a part of the bulky machinery with them as personal luggage whenever they left Mexico.[843]
After investigating the possibilities of obtaining some special machinery which Tokyo had requested, Mr. Miura reported that there would be many difficulties in buying and transporting the equipment, especially, if it became known that it was to be sent to Japan. This stemmed from the reluctance of Mexican businessmen to offend the United States. Furthermore, the Pacific Petroleum Company insisted that it would pay only after the machinery had been put aboard, and refused to take responsibility for putting it on board.[844]
305. Japanese Companies Attempt Barter Despite Mexican Restrictions
Tokyo learned on September 18, 1941 that the Mitsui Company in Mexico, before July 15, 1941, had been attempting to contract for 580 bottles of mercury in anticipation of the possible executive embargo. As a result of working through certain Mexican officials and a fee of 15,000 pesos for Mr. Maximin Camacho, on September 7, 1941 the Mexican Foreign Minister had approved the export of mercury. Another Japanese agent, Mr. Fugio Kata, believed that he would obtain the consent of General Maximin Camacho, a brother of the Mexican President, to barter 20,000 boxes of artificial silk for 10,000 bottles of mercury. Since Foreign Minister Padilla had given no indication that he would approve this transaction and General Camacho could be reached only through intermediaries, the Japanese officials in Mexico suggested that they be permitted to move slowly, especially in view of Mexican reluctance to offend the United States.[845]
The Mitsui representative had been instructed to work with the Legation in securing mercury, but since he was acting without consulting Legation officials, Minister Miura asked that the Mitsui Office be ordered to instruct its representative that such negotiations were a matter of national policy and were not to be handled by Mitsui as a company or as individuals. He asked that Japanese naval officials also be advised to this effect.[846]
306. Japan Transports American Money for the German Legation
On September 18, 1941 the Heiyo Maru left Manzanillo with three trunks filled with Japanese diplomatic documents. One contained $100,000 in American currency belonging to the
[842] III, 590.
[843] III, 591.
[844] III, 592.
[845] III, 593, 594.
[846] III, 595.
[179]
German Legation. Minister Miura advised Tokyo on September 20, 1941 that the trunks had been securely sealed and entrusted to the Captain of the ship.[847]
307. Minister Miura Requests Increased Expense Allowances
In an attempt to persuade the Japanese Foreign Office to increase the expense allowances of its Legation staff in Mexico, the Japanese Minister pointed out on September 23, 1941 that the standard of living in Mexico had risen sharply. Contributing factors to an advance in Mexican prices were a previous rise in the United States and the scarcity of materials caused by the American armament program. According to the Japanese Minister, Mexico had become more dependent on American economy since the Mexican-American treaty of July. The advance in prices, amounting to 40 or 50 per cent, had made it difficult for the Legation staff to keep up appearances and maintain its prestige. It was necessary, therefore, that the staff's allowance be increased until it reached the level of other Japanese diplomatic establishments.[848]
308. Japanese Foreign Minister Attempts to Expedite Barter Negotiations
Since the Azuma Maru in Tokyo was about to sail, Foreign Minister Toyoda asked on September 24, 1941 that the Japanese Minister in Mexico request the Mexican Foreign Office to instruct the Mexican Minister in Tokyo as to its wishes in this respect. Minister Miura also was asked for any suggestions he might have.[849]
In accordance with this request, Minister Miura paid a visit to the Under Secretary of the Mexican Foreign Office on September 21, 1941 to inform him that the Mexican Minister in Tokyo had made representations to the Japanese government regarding the bartering of fuel oil for silk. Japan had approved the plan, and in return had submitted a concrete proposal, which had not yet been answered. The Mexican Minister replied that no decision concerning general principles could be reached until a technical study of the amount, price, and method of payment had been completed.[850]
Minister Miura then stated that a misunderstanding must exist, since Japan had already accepted Mexico's proposal. Furthermore, a boat, already loaded with silk, would arrive at Manzanillo during the first part of October, and Japan desired a settlement of the commercial agreement before the ship reached port. The Under Secretary agreed to accelerate the study of problems concerned, but said that the Foreign Office did not have time to arrange the matter on such short notice.[851]
309. Tokyo Accepts Mexican Inspection of Parcel Post
Although Minister Miura had been informed that the policy of opening diplomatic parcel post in the presence of Mexican customs officials would be objectionable to the Japanese government, the Japanese Minister had by September 25, 1941 made no representations concerning his government's reaction. He explained that other diplomatic establishments had considered it as a simple routine matter and reported it to their governments.
Since neither the German nor Italian staffs in Mexico had protested, Minister Miura felt that it would be unwise for Japan alone to protest, especially since the measure applied only to packages addressed to diplomats as individuals and not to those sent to their offices. Other nations had taken this same emergency step. For this reason Minister Miura had replied to the Mexican government only that he had reported the measure to his Foreign Office.[852] Two days later, Tokyo notified him that it had no objections to his action.[853]
[847] III, 596.
[848] III, 597.
[849] III, 598.
[850] III, 599.
[851] Ibid.
[852] III, 600.
[853] III, 601.
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310. Japan Considers Evacuating Its Nationals in Mexico
In reply to a request from Tokyo it was announced on September 27, 1941 that no Japanese were awaiting evacuation in Mexico. However, seven persons connected with the Pacific Petroleum Company would have to return to Japan in the near future. If the situation grew worse, the staff, its employees and families, totaling fifty-three, as well as employees of the commercial companies of Assenjo, Mitsui, Mitsubishi and 20 other persons would have to be evacuated.[854]
311. Mitsui Company Considers Kato Barter Scheme
Since the Kato firm had devised a scheme to trade 10,000 flasks of mercury for 20,000 cases of rayon thread, with 10 per cent of the rayon price to be paid to high ranking Mexican government officials, the Mitsui Company, on September 29, 1941, asked its representative to promote competition among other Japanese firms since the price appeared to be exorbitant. Furthermore, it appeared to be impossible to secure 10,000 flasks of mercury in Mexico. Since Japanese officials had urged that the firms cooperate in this venture which was to be handled in the name of one firm, the Kato and Mitsui firms would soon confer. The Mitsui agent was advised to spare no effort in improving the situation.[855]
312. Foreign Minister Toyoda Requests Further Information on Kato Proposal
On the same day, September 29, 1941, the Japanese Foreign Minister asked Minister Miura's opinion regarding the Mitsui-Kato proposal. Though Japan desired to complete a trade agreement before the Azuma Maru's arrival at Manzanillo, the Mexican government's telegram to its Minister in Tokyo, received on September 27, 1941, had given no hope for a speedy settlement.[856]
313. Japanese Military Officials Plan in Mexico to Leave for Japan
On September 29, 1941 the Military Service Bureau, Air Service Headquarters and the Army Technical Headquarters in Japan were informed by the Japanese Military Attache in Washington that Lt. Colonel Nakano and Major Omori would leave Manzanillo, Mexico on October 7, 1941 aboard the Azuma Maru. By following a direct route from the southwest coast of the United States, the Azuma Maru would probably arrive in Japan about November 21, 1941. Another Japanese Army officer, Colonel Oka, was in San Francisco awaiting to depart aboard a Japanese tanker.[857]
314. General Camacho is Appointed to Cabinet
The appointment on September 29, 1941 of General Maximino Avila Camacho, brother of the Mexican President, to the post of Minister of Communications was reported to Tokyo on September 30, 1941. This action could be considered as a step toward solidifying the government, Minister Miura said. The appointment was probably of great importance in view of the appearance of an anti-Cabinet feeling on the part of labor.[858]
315. Minister Miura Suggests Selling Japanese Silk in Mexico
Replying on September 30, 1941 to the Foreign Minister's dispatch informing him that the Azuma Maru would sail for Mexico and the disposal of its shipment of silk would be left to his
[854] III, 602-603.
[855] III, 604.
[856] III, 605.
[857] III, 606. This message was not translated until March 10, 1945.
[858] III, 607.
[181]
judgment, Minister Miura declared that no explanation had ever been given him as to the reason for shipping the silk. Since the negotiations being conducted by the Kato and Mitsui firms had aroused Mexico's hope of procuring rayon, and since Mexico knew that Japan realized how desperate was its need, the sending of the unloaded ship back to Japan would have a disastrous effect upon Japanese-Mexican relations.[859] The Japanese Minister suggested, therefore, that the rayon be distributed in equitable amounts to various Mexican concerns in order to improve relations between the two countries. He asked the Japanese Foreign Office to instruct the Captain of the Azuma Maru to unload at Manzanillo.[860]
Since Minister Miura felt that this was a blunder which had occurred as the result of some scheme of the Japanese Navy he stated that if the Foreign Office, knowing the trade situation with Mexico, had issued orders at the instigation of the Japanese Navy, it had acted unwisely. If the orders had been issued in ignorance, he felt that those entrusted with Mexican trade matters had better examine themselves.[861]
Advising Tokyo that the Mexican Minister would soon call at the Japanese Foreign Office,[862] Minister Miura said that he had called on the Mexican Vice Foreign Minister on October 1, 1941. He had been informed that there was little prospect of any agreement being reached concerning the proposed barter of silk for oil. However, since the rayon had already been shipped, Mexico proposed to purchase it for cash. Minister Miura replied that though the rayon should be shipped back, and he had had nothing to do with the shipment nor the barter discussions, he would dislike seeing the rayon returned.[863]Consequently, despite the profits which could be made from selling at the current market price, he suggested that the rayon be sold at the price stipulated in the contract made before the Presidential embargo was imposed.[864]
316. The Pacific Petroleum Company Ceases Operations
On October 2, 1941 Tokyo was informed by the Japanese Minister that the Pacific Petroleum Company in Mexico had ceased operations as of September 30, 1941.[865]
317. Minister Miura Reports on American-Mexican Negotiations (October 2, 1941)
The Japanese Minister reported on October 2, 1941 that Foreign Minister Ezequiel Padilla had revealed in a newspaper interview that Mexico was negotiating with the United States' State Department though Mexico's Ambassador to Washington, and that the Minister of Finance, Mr. Eduardo Suarez, had departed for Washington to discuss pending problems between America and Mexico. The Mexican Foreign Minister had declared that he would inform his people in the near future of the united friendship that existed between the two countries of America and Mexico. According to an American dispatch, the United States had approved a loan of eight to thirty million American dollars to stabilize Mexican money.[866]
318. Japan Releases Silk Shipment for Sale
Forewarned by Minister Miura of the nature of the Mexican Minister's instructions in regard to Mexico's rejection of the barter proposal, the Japanese Foreign Office replied to the Mexican Minister on October 2, 1941 that it would delay in answering formally until the opinion of several officials had been received.[867]
[859] III, 608.
[860] Ibid.
[861] Ibid.
[862] III, 609.
[863] III, 609-610.
[864] III, 610.
[865] III, 611.
[866] III, 612.
[867] III, 613.
[182]
THE "MAGIC" BACKGROUND OF PEARL HARBOR
On October 3, 1941 the Mexican Minister, Mr. Amezcua, had been informed by Foreign Minister Toyoda that in view of Japanese-Mexican relations, the shipment of silk would be released for sale in Mexico. He was asked to notify the Mexican Foreign Office, since it was necessary that fuel oil be made available to the Azuma Maru. Minister Miura was instructed to press the oil matter because negotiations with Argentina and Peru might be delayed.[868]
319. Japanese Agents Propose to Smuggle Oil for Germany
By October 4, 1941 Japanese Military Attache Commander Kyoho Hamanakia had arranged, at the request of the German Naval Attache in Tokyo, to load petroleum products as bunker oil on Japanese ships which touched Manzanillo. After arriving in Japan, the unused portion of petroleum would be turned over to the German Naval Attache in Tokyo for disposal. Officials of Japanese companies were exerting efforts to obtain fuel oil so that the secret plan would not fail.[869]
320. Mexico Discovers Smuggled Mercury at Manzanillo
On October 6, 1941 Minister Miura reported to Tokyo that Mexican custom officials at Manzanillo had discovered smuggled exports of mercury and other materials which were to be shipped on the Azuma Maru. Minister Miura had learned of this when a special Associated Press correspondent had telephoned the Minister for his opinion in the matter.[870]
Articles in Mexican newspapers, the Excelsior, the Universal and Nobedades, were transmitted to Tokyo on the same day. The Excelsior declared that the discovery of a large amount of mercury and lead which was to be smuggled out in the Azuma Maru made it apparent that customs officials had been deceived and international agreements had been violated. According to officials making an investigation at Manzanillo, the mercury contained in bottles weighing 76 pounds each had been camouflaged in all sorts of commercial shipments. The Nobedades reported that certain elements were continuously working to establish Manzanillo as a supply base for the Axis countries.[871]
321. Japanese Navy Attache Leads Attempts to Acquire Fuel Oil
Tokyo had learned that difficulty was being encountered in getting fuel oil for the Terukawa Maru. On October 8, 1941 a company representative in Mexico was directed to keep in close touch with the Japanese Naval Attache in such matters.[872]
322. Pacific Petroleum Company Ships Machinery on Azuma Maru
The precision machinery of the Pacific Petroleum Company had been transported to Japan on the Terukawa Maru, which left Acapulco on October 6, 1941. The head of the company, Mr. Kubota, was asked to arrange with the Foreign Office and Naval Ministry to unload the shipment after its arrival in Yokohama, and to have the machinery insured for a value of $17,300.[873]
323. Mexican Foreign Office Denies Japanese Request for Oil
Keeping Tokyo informed of subsequent developments in regard to the Azuma Maru and having called on the Foreign Office Under Secretary on October 7, 1941, Minister Miura re-
[868] Ibid.
[869] III, 614.
[870] III, 615.
[871] III, 616.
[872] III, 617.
[873] III, 618.
[183]
ported that the Under Secretary had reiterated his thanks for Japan's decision to sell the shipment of artificial silk in view of the general trend of Japanese-Mexican relations. Although the Under Secretary was in favor of supplying fuel oil to ships sailing from Manzanillo to Yokohama, he refused fuel for either one-way or round trips to Valparaiso on the grounds that such an understanding was precluded by certain agreements. Voicing his opinion with reluctance when questioned by Minister Miura as to how the Mexican government could supply fuel oil, he answered that the Mexican Petroleum Bureau should be questioned in that respect.[874]
324. Minister Miura Blames Minister Amezcua for Barter Failure
Investigating the reason for the failure of the barter negotiations, Minister Miura discovered through the Under Secretary of the Mexican Foreign Office that the Mexican Minister to Tokyo, Mr. Amezcua, had given his home government no reports concerning the attitude of Japan.
Since it was his opinion that a grave mistake had been made by Minister Amezcua in regard to details of the barter, Minister Miura advised that the Japanese Foreign Office use the utmost discretion in future dealings with him.[875]
325. Minister Miura Suggests Using Illegal Methods
On October 8, 1941 Minister Miura suggested that Japan should not follow open diplomatic means in obtaining Mexican petroleum, but should effect a settlement of this practical problem by other methods. He had received the impression that even though the United States had or had not instituted a practical embargo of petroleum products to Japan, Mexico would not dare to contract or pledge supplies to Japan.
Pointing out that there had been no lack of oil for Japanese ships when the purchases had been made by the ships themselves, Minister Miura said that he and the Japanese Naval Attache agreed that it would be well not to be too fastidious about the matter of procuring petroleum, and it should be left in the hands of Japanese Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire representatives.[876]
326. Two Japanese Army Officers Sail Aboard the Azuma Maru
On October 9, 1941 the Japanese Ministry in Mexico City notified the Embassy in Washington that Lt. Colonel Nakano and Major Omori had sailed aboard the Azuma Maru as scheduled. On the same day, October 7, 1941, Messrs. Waki, Uchida, Yoshioka, Kaneko and Morimura had arrived in Mexico City to await further orders.[877]
327. Mexican Newspapers Suggest Recall of Japanese Representatives
Reporting again on October 14, 1941 concerning the unfortunate discovery of mercury and lead smuggled aboard the Azuma Maru, the Japanese Minister summarized recent editorials which had appeared in various Mexican newspapers. Each paper had published vindictive articles saying that the true character of the Military and Naval Attaches of a certain Eastern country had finally become apparent. On October 12, and 14, 1941 the Excelsior had suggested that the Foreign Office should request the withdrawal of foreign diplomats if they were responsible for this incident.[878]
[874] III, 619.
[875] III, 620.
[876] III, 621.
[877] III, 622-623.
[878] III, 624.
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303. Mexico Receives No Japanese News
In answer to a circular requesting information as to the reception and dissemination of Domei news reports, Minister Miura replied on September 18, 1941 that no government organization, news agency or newspaper in Mexico was receiving Japanese dispatches. He also reported that the transmission of Domei news items by way of San Francisco had been discontinued since early in September.[842]
304. Minister Miura Foresees Difficulty in Shipping Machinery to Japan
Reporting that since the Presidential order had been issued in Mexico "nerves had become sharpened" regarding export smuggling, the Japanese Minister on September 18, 1941 advised that the transportation of the machinery of the Pacific Petroleum Company to Japan would arouse suspicion and perturb the employees. A shipment of all the machinery at one time would be conspicuous and difficult since the machinery was scattered widely.
Although applications for export permits were being made, it was evident that it would be difficult to obtain them. However, since the machinery would pass customs without inspection as Legation property, there seemed to be no other solution than to have holders of diplomatic passports take a part of the bulky machinery with them as personal luggage whenever they left Mexico.[843]
After investigating the possibilities of obtaining some special machinery which Tokyo had requested, Mr. Miura reported that there would be many difficulties in buying and transporting the equipment, especially, if it became known that it was to be sent to Japan. This stemmed from the reluctance of Mexican businessmen to offend the United States. Furthermore, the Pacific Petroleum Company insisted that it would pay only after the machinery had been put aboard, and refused to take responsibility for putting it on board.[844]
305. Japanese Companies Attempt Barter Despite Mexican Restrictions
Tokyo learned on September 18, 1941 that the Mitsui Company in Mexico, before July 15, 1941, had been attempting to contract for 580 bottles of mercury in anticipation of the possible executive embargo. As a result of working through certain Mexican officials and a fee of 15,000 pesos for Mr. Maximin Camacho, on September 7, 1941 the Mexican Foreign Minister had approved the export of mercury. Another Japanese agent, Mr. Fugio Kata, believed that he would obtain the consent of General Maximin Camacho, a brother of the Mexican President, to barter 20,000 boxes of artificial silk for 10,000 bottles of mercury. Since Foreign Minister Padilla had given no indication that he would approve this transaction and General Camacho could be reached only through intermediaries, the Japanese officials in Mexico suggested that they be permitted to move slowly, especially in view of Mexican reluctance to offend the United States.[845]
The Mitsui representative had been instructed to work with the Legation in securing mercury, but since he was acting without consulting Legation officials, Minister Miura asked that the Mitsui Office be ordered to instruct its representative that such negotiations were a matter of national policy and were not to be handled by Mitsui as a company or as individuals. He asked that Japanese naval officials also be advised to this effect.[846]
306. Japan Transports American Money for the German Legation
On September 18, 1941 the Heiyo Maru left Manzanillo with three trunks filled with Japanese diplomatic documents. One contained $100,000 in American currency belonging to the
[842] III, 590.
[843] III, 591.
[844] III, 592.
[845] III, 593, 594.
[846] III, 595.
[179]
German Legation. Minister Miura advised Tokyo on September 20, 1941 that the trunks had been securely sealed and entrusted to the Captain of the ship.[847]
307. Minister Miura Requests Increased Expense Allowances
In an attempt to persuade the Japanese Foreign Office to increase the expense allowances of its Legation staff in Mexico, the Japanese Minister pointed out on September 23, 1941 that the standard of living in Mexico had risen sharply. Contributing factors to an advance in Mexican prices were a previous rise in the United States and the scarcity of materials caused by the American armament program. According to the Japanese Minister, Mexico had become more dependent on American economy since the Mexican-American treaty of July. The advance in prices, amounting to 40 or 50 per cent, had made it difficult for the Legation staff to keep up appearances and maintain its prestige. It was necessary, therefore, that the staff's allowance be increased until it reached the level of other Japanese diplomatic establishments.[848]
308. Japanese Foreign Minister Attempts to Expedite Barter Negotiations
Since the Azuma Maru in Tokyo was about to sail, Foreign Minister Toyoda asked on September 24, 1941 that the Japanese Minister in Mexico request the Mexican Foreign Office to instruct the Mexican Minister in Tokyo as to its wishes in this respect. Minister Miura also was asked for any suggestions he might have.[849]
In accordance with this request, Minister Miura paid a visit to the Under Secretary of the Mexican Foreign Office on September 21, 1941 to inform him that the Mexican Minister in Tokyo had made representations to the Japanese government regarding the bartering of fuel oil for silk. Japan had approved the plan, and in return had submitted a concrete proposal, which had not yet been answered. The Mexican Minister replied that no decision concerning general principles could be reached until a technical study of the amount, price, and method of payment had been completed.[850]
Minister Miura then stated that a misunderstanding must exist, since Japan had already accepted Mexico's proposal. Furthermore, a boat, already loaded with silk, would arrive at Manzanillo during the first part of October, and Japan desired a settlement of the commercial agreement before the ship reached port. The Under Secretary agreed to accelerate the study of problems concerned, but said that the Foreign Office did not have time to arrange the matter on such short notice.[851]
309. Tokyo Accepts Mexican Inspection of Parcel Post
Although Minister Miura had been informed that the policy of opening diplomatic parcel post in the presence of Mexican customs officials would be objectionable to the Japanese government, the Japanese Minister had by September 25, 1941 made no representations concerning his government's reaction. He explained that other diplomatic establishments had considered it as a simple routine matter and reported it to their governments.
Since neither the German nor Italian staffs in Mexico had protested, Minister Miura felt that it would be unwise for Japan alone to protest, especially since the measure applied only to packages addressed to diplomats as individuals and not to those sent to their offices. Other nations had taken this same emergency step. For this reason Minister Miura had replied to the Mexican government only that he had reported the measure to his Foreign Office.[852] Two days later, Tokyo notified him that it had no objections to his action.[853]
[847] III, 596.
[848] III, 597.
[849] III, 598.
[850] III, 599.
[851] Ibid.
[852] III, 600.
[853] III, 601.
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310. Japan Considers Evacuating Its Nationals in Mexico
In reply to a request from Tokyo it was announced on September 27, 1941 that no Japanese were awaiting evacuation in Mexico. However, seven persons connected with the Pacific Petroleum Company would have to return to Japan in the near future. If the situation grew worse, the staff, its employees and families, totaling fifty-three, as well as employees of the commercial companies of Assenjo, Mitsui, Mitsubishi and 20 other persons would have to be evacuated.[854]
311. Mitsui Company Considers Kato Barter Scheme
Since the Kato firm had devised a scheme to trade 10,000 flasks of mercury for 20,000 cases of rayon thread, with 10 per cent of the rayon price to be paid to high ranking Mexican government officials, the Mitsui Company, on September 29, 1941, asked its representative to promote competition among other Japanese firms since the price appeared to be exorbitant. Furthermore, it appeared to be impossible to secure 10,000 flasks of mercury in Mexico. Since Japanese officials had urged that the firms cooperate in this venture which was to be handled in the name of one firm, the Kato and Mitsui firms would soon confer. The Mitsui agent was advised to spare no effort in improving the situation.[855]
312. Foreign Minister Toyoda Requests Further Information on Kato Proposal
On the same day, September 29, 1941, the Japanese Foreign Minister asked Minister Miura's opinion regarding the Mitsui-Kato proposal. Though Japan desired to complete a trade agreement before the Azuma Maru's arrival at Manzanillo, the Mexican government's telegram to its Minister in Tokyo, received on September 27, 1941, had given no hope for a speedy settlement.[856]
313. Japanese Military Officials Plan in Mexico to Leave for Japan
On September 29, 1941 the Military Service Bureau, Air Service Headquarters and the Army Technical Headquarters in Japan were informed by the Japanese Military Attache in Washington that Lt. Colonel Nakano and Major Omori would leave Manzanillo, Mexico on October 7, 1941 aboard the Azuma Maru. By following a direct route from the southwest coast of the United States, the Azuma Maru would probably arrive in Japan about November 21, 1941. Another Japanese Army officer, Colonel Oka, was in San Francisco awaiting to depart aboard a Japanese tanker.[857]
314. General Camacho is Appointed to Cabinet
The appointment on September 29, 1941 of General Maximino Avila Camacho, brother of the Mexican President, to the post of Minister of Communications was reported to Tokyo on September 30, 1941. This action could be considered as a step toward solidifying the government, Minister Miura said. The appointment was probably of great importance in view of the appearance of an anti-Cabinet feeling on the part of labor.[858]
315. Minister Miura Suggests Selling Japanese Silk in Mexico
Replying on September 30, 1941 to the Foreign Minister's dispatch informing him that the Azuma Maru would sail for Mexico and the disposal of its shipment of silk would be left to his
[854] III, 602-603.
[855] III, 604.
[856] III, 605.
[857] III, 606. This message was not translated until March 10, 1945.
[858] III, 607.
[181]
judgment, Minister Miura declared that no explanation had ever been given him as to the reason for shipping the silk. Since the negotiations being conducted by the Kato and Mitsui firms had aroused Mexico's hope of procuring rayon, and since Mexico knew that Japan realized how desperate was its need, the sending of the unloaded ship back to Japan would have a disastrous effect upon Japanese-Mexican relations.[859] The Japanese Minister suggested, therefore, that the rayon be distributed in equitable amounts to various Mexican concerns in order to improve relations between the two countries. He asked the Japanese Foreign Office to instruct the Captain of the Azuma Maru to unload at Manzanillo.[860]
Since Minister Miura felt that this was a blunder which had occurred as the result of some scheme of the Japanese Navy he stated that if the Foreign Office, knowing the trade situation with Mexico, had issued orders at the instigation of the Japanese Navy, it had acted unwisely. If the orders had been issued in ignorance, he felt that those entrusted with Mexican trade matters had better examine themselves.[861]
Advising Tokyo that the Mexican Minister would soon call at the Japanese Foreign Office,[862] Minister Miura said that he had called on the Mexican Vice Foreign Minister on October 1, 1941. He had been informed that there was little prospect of any agreement being reached concerning the proposed barter of silk for oil. However, since the rayon had already been shipped, Mexico proposed to purchase it for cash. Minister Miura replied that though the rayon should be shipped back, and he had had nothing to do with the shipment nor the barter discussions, he would dislike seeing the rayon returned.[863]Consequently, despite the profits which could be made from selling at the current market price, he suggested that the rayon be sold at the price stipulated in the contract made before the Presidential embargo was imposed.[864]
316. The Pacific Petroleum Company Ceases Operations
On October 2, 1941 Tokyo was informed by the Japanese Minister that the Pacific Petroleum Company in Mexico had ceased operations as of September 30, 1941.[865]
317. Minister Miura Reports on American-Mexican Negotiations (October 2, 1941)
The Japanese Minister reported on October 2, 1941 that Foreign Minister Ezequiel Padilla had revealed in a newspaper interview that Mexico was negotiating with the United States' State Department though Mexico's Ambassador to Washington, and that the Minister of Finance, Mr. Eduardo Suarez, had departed for Washington to discuss pending problems between America and Mexico. The Mexican Foreign Minister had declared that he would inform his people in the near future of the united friendship that existed between the two countries of America and Mexico. According to an American dispatch, the United States had approved a loan of eight to thirty million American dollars to stabilize Mexican money.[866]
318. Japan Releases Silk Shipment for Sale
Forewarned by Minister Miura of the nature of the Mexican Minister's instructions in regard to Mexico's rejection of the barter proposal, the Japanese Foreign Office replied to the Mexican Minister on October 2, 1941 that it would delay in answering formally until the opinion of several officials had been received.[867]
[859] III, 608.
[860] Ibid.
[861] Ibid.
[862] III, 609.
[863] III, 609-610.
[864] III, 610.
[865] III, 611.
[866] III, 612.
[867] III, 613.
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THE "MAGIC" BACKGROUND OF PEARL HARBOR
On October 3, 1941 the Mexican Minister, Mr. Amezcua, had been informed by Foreign Minister Toyoda that in view of Japanese-Mexican relations, the shipment of silk would be released for sale in Mexico. He was asked to notify the Mexican Foreign Office, since it was necessary that fuel oil be made available to the Azuma Maru. Minister Miura was instructed to press the oil matter because negotiations with Argentina and Peru might be delayed.[868]
319. Japanese Agents Propose to Smuggle Oil for Germany
By October 4, 1941 Japanese Military Attache Commander Kyoho Hamanakia had arranged, at the request of the German Naval Attache in Tokyo, to load petroleum products as bunker oil on Japanese ships which touched Manzanillo. After arriving in Japan, the unused portion of petroleum would be turned over to the German Naval Attache in Tokyo for disposal. Officials of Japanese companies were exerting efforts to obtain fuel oil so that the secret plan would not fail.[869]
320. Mexico Discovers Smuggled Mercury at Manzanillo
On October 6, 1941 Minister Miura reported to Tokyo that Mexican custom officials at Manzanillo had discovered smuggled exports of mercury and other materials which were to be shipped on the Azuma Maru. Minister Miura had learned of this when a special Associated Press correspondent had telephoned the Minister for his opinion in the matter.[870]
Articles in Mexican newspapers, the Excelsior, the Universal and Nobedades, were transmitted to Tokyo on the same day. The Excelsior declared that the discovery of a large amount of mercury and lead which was to be smuggled out in the Azuma Maru made it apparent that customs officials had been deceived and international agreements had been violated. According to officials making an investigation at Manzanillo, the mercury contained in bottles weighing 76 pounds each had been camouflaged in all sorts of commercial shipments. The Nobedades reported that certain elements were continuously working to establish Manzanillo as a supply base for the Axis countries.[871]
321. Japanese Navy Attache Leads Attempts to Acquire Fuel Oil
Tokyo had learned that difficulty was being encountered in getting fuel oil for the Terukawa Maru. On October 8, 1941 a company representative in Mexico was directed to keep in close touch with the Japanese Naval Attache in such matters.[872]
322. Pacific Petroleum Company Ships Machinery on Azuma Maru
The precision machinery of the Pacific Petroleum Company had been transported to Japan on the Terukawa Maru, which left Acapulco on October 6, 1941. The head of the company, Mr. Kubota, was asked to arrange with the Foreign Office and Naval Ministry to unload the shipment after its arrival in Yokohama, and to have the machinery insured for a value of $17,300.[873]
323. Mexican Foreign Office Denies Japanese Request for Oil
Keeping Tokyo informed of subsequent developments in regard to the Azuma Maru and having called on the Foreign Office Under Secretary on October 7, 1941, Minister Miura re-
[868] Ibid.
[869] III, 614.
[870] III, 615.
[871] III, 616.
[872] III, 617.
[873] III, 618.
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ported that the Under Secretary had reiterated his thanks for Japan's decision to sell the shipment of artificial silk in view of the general trend of Japanese-Mexican relations. Although the Under Secretary was in favor of supplying fuel oil to ships sailing from Manzanillo to Yokohama, he refused fuel for either one-way or round trips to Valparaiso on the grounds that such an understanding was precluded by certain agreements. Voicing his opinion with reluctance when questioned by Minister Miura as to how the Mexican government could supply fuel oil, he answered that the Mexican Petroleum Bureau should be questioned in that respect.[874]
324. Minister Miura Blames Minister Amezcua for Barter Failure
Investigating the reason for the failure of the barter negotiations, Minister Miura discovered through the Under Secretary of the Mexican Foreign Office that the Mexican Minister to Tokyo, Mr. Amezcua, had given his home government no reports concerning the attitude of Japan.
Since it was his opinion that a grave mistake had been made by Minister Amezcua in regard to details of the barter, Minister Miura advised that the Japanese Foreign Office use the utmost discretion in future dealings with him.[875]
325. Minister Miura Suggests Using Illegal Methods
On October 8, 1941 Minister Miura suggested that Japan should not follow open diplomatic means in obtaining Mexican petroleum, but should effect a settlement of this practical problem by other methods. He had received the impression that even though the United States had or had not instituted a practical embargo of petroleum products to Japan, Mexico would not dare to contract or pledge supplies to Japan.
Pointing out that there had been no lack of oil for Japanese ships when the purchases had been made by the ships themselves, Minister Miura said that he and the Japanese Naval Attache agreed that it would be well not to be too fastidious about the matter of procuring petroleum, and it should be left in the hands of Japanese Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire representatives.[876]
326. Two Japanese Army Officers Sail Aboard the Azuma Maru
On October 9, 1941 the Japanese Ministry in Mexico City notified the Embassy in Washington that Lt. Colonel Nakano and Major Omori had sailed aboard the Azuma Maru as scheduled. On the same day, October 7, 1941, Messrs. Waki, Uchida, Yoshioka, Kaneko and Morimura had arrived in Mexico City to await further orders.[877]
327. Mexican Newspapers Suggest Recall of Japanese Representatives
Reporting again on October 14, 1941 concerning the unfortunate discovery of mercury and lead smuggled aboard the Azuma Maru, the Japanese Minister summarized recent editorials which had appeared in various Mexican newspapers. Each paper had published vindictive articles saying that the true character of the Military and Naval Attaches of a certain Eastern country had finally become apparent. On October 12, and 14, 1941 the Excelsior had suggested that the Foreign Office should request the withdrawal of foreign diplomats if they were responsible for this incident.[878]
[874] III, 619.
[875] III, 620.
[876] III, 621.
[877] III, 622-623.
[878] III, 624.
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