The Winds Code Controversy (Series)

Starting today there will be multi-series postings outlining the Winds Code Message controversy.

The Winds Code Message order was an instruction from Tokyo to Japanese legations worldwide that diplomatic relations were in danger of being ruptured. While the code was set up, the question is whether the code was transmitted as a precursor to war in the Pacific. This is the bases for the following series. The last of the series starting on August 29 disagree with Captain Safford and Mr. Briggs, but, what will be your conclusions when present with testimony?

The following posts will start tomorrow:

August 10: Biography of Mr. Ralph Briggs. Briggs reignited the controversy by stating in a 1977 interview that he intercepted the Winds Code Message while serving as an intercept Morse code operator at Cheltenham, Maryland. Mr. Briggs was born on this date, 1914.