The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-20

than D. m. Dec 6, 194l.
 T can't answer that question" Inglis said.
 POW Is Source
 Tnglis said his information re- garding the Climb Mount Niitaka" order, which set off the attack, came from a prisoner of war and another source.
 The prisoner of war, captured at 6aipan, said 1t had been agreed to
 use the phrase as signal but did not know if it ever actually had been used. Later 1t was confirmed by another man who said he had been with the striking force when the message was received, Inglis added.
 Q. (By Ferguson) Did the Navy. intercept any of these orders to the Japanese fleet? A. have no specific information on that. It would come from naval communications, rather than from me.
 c. Have you any reason why you did not use any of the informa- ton that came from messages we deciphered before the war?
 A. We used all the information from prisoners, we did not use crypt analysis because we did not have access to it.
 Unfamiliar With Deadine
 Q. What date do you say the fleet left the bay in Japan? A. The actual time was a. m. the 26th Of November, Japanese time.
 e. Were you familiar with the fact that In the diplomatic mes sages a deadline of Nov. 25 was set (by the Japanese) for the negotia- tions to end? A. No sir, I'm not fa- miliar with 1t.
 e. Were you familiar with the fact that it was extended to the 29th? A. No sir, I was not.
 Q. Would you know of anything which would make the date of leav- ing the same date as the order from the Chief of U. s. Naval operations to divert shipping south? A. There's no relationship that I know of.
 o. Do you put any significance on those dates? A. No sir, that hadn't occurred to me.
 Committee Counsel William D. Mitchell reminded Ferguson that Inglis was instructed to reconstruct the Japanese plan on the basis of captured documents and interroga- tions of Japanese. He said the analysis of decoded messages would be presented later.
 Conditions of Ships Heard
 Ferguson remarked that he was "just trying to find out how much weight we should give this mater ial." He then asked that the Mac Arthur material be made part Of the record.
 Rep. Bertrand W. Gearhart, R., Cal, questioned Inglis about the condition of ships in Pearl Harbor after the attack.
 e. Who was commander of task force one that day? A. Admiral Pye.
 Q. May inquire whether he will be one of the witnesses? A. (A1itchelD He is on the list.
 Q. Who issued orders for battle ships to line up opposite Ford is- land Gin Pearl Harbor)? A. That was contained in a circular letter issued by the Commander in Chief in the Pacific (Adm. Husband E. KimmeD.
 e. What were the names of the battleships in the harbor on the day of the catastrophe that did not be- long to Task Force No. 1. A. l haven't that information readily available.
 Denies Task Force Knowledge e. Do you know that there were three battleshipS in the Harbor that belonged to Task Force No. 2? A. I'm sorry don't know organization of the task forces by ships. Gearhart asked who took com mand of three battleships left be- hind by Admiral William F. Halsey when his Task Force No. 2 left Pearl Harbor. Halsey's force was at sea when the attack occurred.
 Inglis said he believed they would have been under an admiral Ander- son, whose headquarters would have been on a battleship? Prob ably the West Virginia.
 The session ended at noon and was scheduled to resume again at 2 p. m.
 The afternoon session began at 2:ll p. m. with Gearhart contin- uing his examination of Inglis.
 Asks for Informant
 Gearhart read a series of decoded Japanese diplomatic messages in- volying the negotiations immediate ly before Pearl Harbor. Murphy noted that the messages already were in evidence in Exhibit No. 1.-The intercepted diplomatic documents. He requested that the commander of the cruiser Boise be produced as a witness, and asked the name of the naval officer who told Gearhart that the Boise sighted the Japanese fleet shortly before the Pearl Harbor attack. Gearhart said he would not di- vulge the name of anyone who gave him information in confidence.
 Lucas said that If we're going to obtain all the facts and there is any informant or any individual who has knowledge of Pearl Harbor the committee should know about that individual"
 He added that such individuals should testify or be subpoenaed if they refuse to testify. | Lectures on Truth That's the only way you're going to get the truth" Lucas said. These rumors that are being spread and are occasionally used as at least a portion of the truth, we ought to get to the bottom of." Lucas said that the committee is asking the Army and Navy to give the complete facts.
 If any committee member has the name of an important witness who hasn't the courage to come be- fore the committee, then it seems to me such information should be dis counted" he continued.
 Gearhart said he would exercise "a wise discretion" in revealing the names of his informants to the committee.