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Show 2 ce nates More Messages in Magic authored by a man who had no access tude, I'd like to suggest that it is not a week Utah was shorn of its opportuni- requirement Thank you for the review of David to the intercepted radio messages and was providing his personal assess- ties for new ment. MAGIC: The untold story of U.S. intelli- gence operation is the determination of the enemy’s capabilitiés and inten- tions. Powell quotes in detail from message #44 (p. 146) about Japan’s plans to establish an intelligence network that will function during war, using Mexico as a base. But he fails to reveal the contents of two May 1941 messages, #067 and #45, from Los Angeles and Seattle to Tokyo reporting on espionage accomplishments to date. (P. 147-148) 2 Los Angeles reports: “We are doing everything in our power to establish the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, ‘and newspapers.—We _ have already established contacts with absolutely reliable Japanese in the San keep a close watch on all shipments of _accuses our country of being motivat- airplanes and other war materials, and edi in this sad event by racism. report the amounts and destinations of such shipments. — We shall maintain connection.with our second generation (U.S. born citizens) who are erty. . ~. Education Editor : . Sports Editor | cee STAFF WRITERS : : Kirsten Shaw e Paul Swenson © Tim Westby oe CONTRIBUTORS Art Director | os - Books : Circulation/MIS ? PRESIDENT/CEO He i Hf] rae Paulette Tillman mS Russ Riggs re | zo @ 3. ll ieee hie OS IE HE tes ce | | : i Erin McGuinness Amber Stephens . Security ee , Derek Jensen Dixie Bishop Sam Allen ¢ Matt Heimburger ¢ ‘Aaron Taylor ° Nicki Callahan | ae uy 2 —_ * = ‘Dylan Stephens Ramona | shy es aes s : : Michael J.Kearns —- | Magic Publisher | oe Lee Allen is a retired army lieutenant colonel whose last intelligence assignment was as Intelligence Plans fficer for Terrorism in the Defense Intelligence Agency | ase gence purposes.” Lee Allen | Sve any . Dan Stephens — Managing Editor Office Manager. Wu gs eee MEMBER: UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION/ASSOCIATED PRESS. Editor & Publisher | be (435) 654-2661 © (435) 654-2531(f) © editor@wasatchcountycourier.com activities and runs counter to the polit- Pedro and San Diego areas, who will | 2 oe Midway, UT 84049 Wasatch County’s Source for News object to the way things were handled, ically correct version of history that presently in the (U.S.) Army, to keep. us informed of various developments in the Army. We also have connections with our second generations working in airplane plants for intelli- Olde Swiss Square 210 East Main, Suite 202 it seems to me, have an obligation to provide a practical alternative instead — of engaging in high-minded moral solutions to very real and practical - problems. , The reason this book i is controversial is that it provides the first survey of information available to our government regarding J apanese espionage oe Utah's cultural history, it will provide tion were innocent and that individual treatment would have been preferable to what was done, but here again we visit the ivory tower. Those who our efforts to gather intelligence material. —We shall maintain close con- a | clues to future generations as to what we deem to be important. | I do find it ironic that in the same point that most involved in the evacua- preening and impractical academic os Sandy Powell does make the indisputable outside contacts in connection with nections with Association, . the Ruth Withers 3 Seattle reports much the same sort Give art back its funding of activity including the use of a U.S. citizen J apanese lawyer to make conratively speaking, I've had time to These were the two reports inter- _ cepted at the time. Other cities were digest what really. happened in the most recent session of the Utah State involved in similar operations. You would have to be sitting pretty high in Legislature regarding public art. The funding for Utah's Percent for Art, FY an ivory tower to overlook the implica- 2002, was wiped out with the stroke of a pen, with little advance warning _ given. Said to be part of a plan by the enor money crunchers to save funds (this, Peeper tn nasty ners Sgt her on etn tea te in a year of large surplus), the act speaks volumes regarding the Utah Legislature's lack of appreciation for asia publigart = In all fairness, some legislators may : § . _have been misled by occasional con_ troversy into thinking that the Percent c o inertial i for Art Program would not be missed. In answer to individuals with this atti: ~ Let us know. Write to us. We'd love to hear from you. - Send your letter to the editor to: Wasatch County Courier | -_--210 East Main, Suite 202 ¢ Midway, UT 84049e © (435) 654-2531 fax 2 e Or email it to: letters@wasatchcountycourier.com — sae miei ge. fant morta nen he I ‘great secrets” have to revealed to - demonstrate the Significance of an espionage. program, or that hundreds Of operatives in a half dozen cites and numerous pro-Japan organizations do not constitute “large numbers,” ‘involved. in intelligence operations, demonstrates: a serious detachment from the real world of war. What else explains his finding that the “most | compelling” intelligence report was iad wai tions of such reports. To think that a Now that the dust has settled, figu- (in the ss ehichinsa slate tacts with “anti-participation” war) organizations. } eee \ ae eee ern She of any demanded to be returned to Japan and be allowed to fight against the United States. There were many hundreds of these emperor-worshiping fanatics. One can only imagine the turmoil that might have occurred on the West Coast had they been running free while our troops were fighting the bloody battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. ue | ' objective tions these people represented petitioned the U.S. Government and achieve their. goal, but the results, unfortunately, may be the same. itasateietaniin alia te a en A major al Brigham Young statue on Main Street to the Doug Snow painting in _ the Scott Matheson Courthouse. Public art represents us all, in all of our diversity. Make no mistake, public art is of vast importance in addressing who we are in the setting of our urban landscape. And as a visible sign of Segregation Center in early 1945 as a send off for “troublemakers” misses the point completely. The organiza- l appropriate. art in place in Utah, from the tradition- characterization -of mili- a eee Japanese residents from the West Coast during WW II. (athenapressinc.com) | _ Kent Powell’s long and detailed review found the book “ultimately unconvincing.” Every reviewer is entitled to his opinion, but when that opinion is based on a selective review of the facts presented some comment is Powell’s taristic demonstrations at Tule Lake aad tae of reports of the Taliban in Afghanistan systematically destroying all signs of a~ culture with whom they did not agree. Our Utah Legislature is much more civilized. They don't use explosives to. - Sh evacuation = Oe a and the ng heard eae intelligence like every individual piece of art, nor should it be. We have amazing public Chee public art, we el book, to Tania cee SAIN RAI RANA gt recently published agree ery Lowman’s that everyone |