Did President Roosevelt Deliberately Withhold Information About the Attack on Pearl Harbor From the American Commanders? Yes Many people feel that President Roosevelt withheld information about the attack on Pearl Harbor from the Americans, including the author known as Robert A. Theobald. Theobald, is the author of the book called, “The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor”, published in 1954. He was also there at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, along with Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, when they appeared …showed first 75 words of 1753 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1753 total…at their lives as being unimportant and would be more than happy to risk their own lives. That country was Japan. But how could he start a war without actually initializing it? President Roosevelt then held Japans oil, stopped trading with U.S and froze their accounts to provoke them into an attack. President Roosevelt knew that Japan had previously surprised China and Russia in air attacks, so why wouldn’t they do it again?