Page 12 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • May 16, 2012 Advanced review copies of “Operation Snow: How a Soviet Mole in FDR’s White House Triggered Pearl Harbor” have been sent to Pearl Harbor experts for their comments before the book appears in stores this September. The book was authored by Glen Rock resident and Villadom TIMES reporter/columnist John Koster. One of the first copies went to former FBI agent and Annapolis graduate Tom Kimmel, whose grandfather, Admiral Husband Kimmel, a scapegoat for the Pearl Harbor attack. Admiral Ronald Hays of the Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor and author Thomas Fleming also requested review copies. The new book combines new translations of Russian, Japanese, and Korean published works and private correspondence with confidential federal documents from the Seeley G. Mudd Library at Princeton and the National Archives. The book offers the first detailed look at how an Americanborn Soviet “agent of influence” who was an important member of the U.S. Treasury Department followed NKVD orders and Koster pens new book promoted internal dissent in Washington to make absolutely sure the United States would become involved in a war with Japan that neither side wanted. At the last minute, using an assumed name, the Soviet agent headed off a lastditch attempt by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Prince Fumimaro Konoye to negotiate in person to save the fragile peace so the Soviet Union would not have to fight Germany and Japan at the same time. He also ignored the advice of the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Joseph K. Grew, and influenced the “Hull Note,” which the Japanese took as a dangerous threat to their sovereignty -- and a virtual declaration of war. Glen Rock resident Shizuko Koster provided the Japanese document translations, Ridgewood High graduate and math team coach InHye Lee provided the Russian translations, and Ridgewood High graduate Jessica Mok provided the Korean translations and archival work. The book will be illustrated with eight pages of photographs, some never before published in the U.S. Sudsy success Glen Rock High School seniors Carolyn Vachon and Victoria Hughes summoned drivers on Rock Road to a Relay for Life Car Wash on May 5 at Maple Rock Exxon as their friends washed cars. Glen Rock’s Relay for Life was scheduled for May 12 raised money for the American Cancer Society.