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As I understand it there was an amount of inofmration indicating Japan's intention to attack the US and some reasons for thinkijng that Pearl Harbor would have been a target.
Plainly the US cannot start the war.
What should FDR do if he got an intelligence briefing on December 1st accurately desribing what Japan would do?