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On Thurs. 21 may 1942 George Marshall and Henry Stimson met in Washingto.....

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George Marshall and Henry Stimson met in Washington DC, United States, concluding that there was a risk that the Japanese fleet suspected of sailing for Midway Atoll could actually be planning on conducting a major air raid against cities on the west coast of the United States.

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