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52. Military information of an important nature is always hard to get by the country which is regarded as the pros-ective enemy of the one from whom the information is being sought. This is particularly so with the Japanese. All of her people are instructed from their earliest childhood not to divulge anything of a military nature to foreigners. This is carried absolutely to extremes and results in the attitude of the Japanese, which we all notice, of avoiding issues, equivocating, and downright misrepresent-ation, ON the other hand, the greatest stress is laid on the gain-ing of information from the other person which again is carried to foolish extremes. The Japanese that comes into your office, for instance, will note every picture on the wall, will note all the buttons on your clothes, and will report on the most trivial things. This gaining of information on all foreign matters and concealing their own activities is a long established practice with them.
53. The Japanese military and naval organization is quite well known. Generally speaking, their military organization resembles the former German system and is very well adapted to their needs. The system naturally included the industrial mobilization of
 
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