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Distrust Leads to Disaster:
In August 1941, Dusko Popov arrived in the United States with detailed information about a planned attack on Pearl Harbor. Popov had been spying for the Germans but reported everything he learned to British intelligence.
He presented his evidence to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. This included a microdot -- a photograph reduced to the size of a pinhead -- containing instructions for Popov to gather intelligence in Hawaii. But Hoover didn't trust Popov and was convinced he was really loyal to Germany. He dismissed Popov and ignored his warnings. On December 7, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. |