The first violence in Hitler’s undeclared war against the United States is tentatively scheduled to occur next week-end, coincident with the launching of a full-fledged blitzkrieg against England. Henry Paynter predicted today in the 14th of a series of articles on subversive activities published by tne newspaper PM.
According to the author this plan developed here and in Mexico by Hitler’s official diplomatic and consular representatives, calls for the following simultaneous developments: (1) a revolution in Mexico; (2) a Mexican border incident in which American soldiers might be killed; (3) destruction of U.S. naval vessels at West Coast bases by chemical bombs shipped from Germany by way of Japan; (4) bombing of West Coast arsenals, munitions plants, utilities and aircraft factories by German chemical bombs disguised as lead pencils; (5) bombing of Panama Canal locks.
The immediate purpose of these acts of violence is to divert American attention from the expected smash against England he added.
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