"Infamous Prelude to Pearl Harbor" by Arthur Krock, The New York Times Magazine, November 8, 1942

This article, written nearly a year after Pearl Harbor, details the diplomatic activities of the Japanese in the weeks prior to the attack. It speculates that Japanese Special Envoy Saburo Kurusu knew about the attack before he met with American officials on December 7, 1941 and details the personalities involved in the negotiations that preceded Pearl Harbor.