December 7, 2003

Burning documents: not just for corporations

Nattily attired in a pencil-striped suit, a smiling, polite Japanese ushered the reporters off the grounds. . . .

"What were you burning in the back?" queried a reporter.

"Dear sir," he said, "those, of course, were my love letters. I hope you will not jump to the hasty conclusion that they were diplomatic documents."


-- Dec. 8, 1941 Washington Post

Posted by rj3 at December 7, 2003 12:28 PM

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