The Inchon plan has interesting history. It originated with a Japanese
Army officer, about 1936 as I recall, in a document that ended up in the hands
of Herbert Norman. Norman was the Canadian External Affairs officer who headed
the Examination Unit's section that was responsible for interpreting and
reporting Japanese and Chinese intercepts during WWII (Examination unit was
Canada's SIGINT agency, along with another related organization.) Norman also
worked closely with British and USA  propaganda and 'information' services.
After the war he was an advisor to McArthur in Japan, and, I believe, was
responsible for shaping much post-war policy vis-a vis Japan in general and the
Japanese Emperor in particular. At some point, Norman gained access to the
Japanese document, which is now amongst the Noman papers at University of
British Columbia archives.

Ironically, USA accused Norman of espionage on behalf of the Soviets, on the
basis of supposed communist sympathies. Hounded by the House of Un-American
Activities Committee, he committed suicide while in Cairo as ambassador. I don't
believe Norman ever got credit for making McArthur aware, as appears to be the
case, of the Inchon landing plan.

Which is to say, how can I put this whithout giving offence, so much for fear of
moles amongst "friends", at a time when we can hardly keep track of moles within
the ranks of USA special services. I think your secrets are safer with us than
with yourselves. Michael McLoughlin

On Apr 18, Jack Morris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> CLOAKS
>
> I agree wholeheartedly with Bayard's last paragraph
> re: The sharing of intelligence with our friends.  Part
> of my reasoning has to do with the 'mole population'
> that surfaces among our most trusted neighbors
> and which we can never control except by keeping
> our most precious diggings, findings and planning close
> to the vest.
>
> I harken back to Gen. MacArthur and his desire
> to make Inchon happen without providing the NK
> with advanced knowledge.  He simply denied
> access to his plans to all but a handful of his most
> 'required to know'.  Had he been driven to share
> with the Brits, Turks, Aussies, etc., (his in the field
> allies), the Cambridge spies would have moved
> swiftly to forward their findings and the war would
> have likely taken a nasty turn.
>
> JACK MORRIS
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