The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
Provision Still Held

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  was not a part of Japan's general pre-war plans. The decision to use it was made Nov. 3, l941, by Admr. Osami Nagano. chief of the Jap anese Naval general staff.
 2 It would have been discard ed if the United States made con- sessions.
 B. If the U. s. Pacific fleet had been at sea the Japanese task force would have secuted an area of 300 miles around Oahu. prepared to attack anyhow, before withdraw ing
 Too Far Down List
 Republican members indicated they would seek to force the com- mittee to call Rear Admr. Husband E. Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Walter c. Short to the stand at once. The two men, Navy and Army com- manders at Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack, have been pres- ent at the daily hearings but are so far down the witness list the Re- publicans fear their testimony will carry little weight.
 However, Chairman Alben W. Barkley, D.. Ky, doubted that Kim mel and Short would testify this week. He emphasized the commit tee would not be pressured into calling them out of turn.
 The documents which Inglis placed into the record showed, that Capt. Sadotoshi Tomioka, chief of the operations section of the Japanese Naval general staff, stated that the Pearl Harbor attack would have been called off if the U. s. made certain unspecified conces- sions
 Tells Of Plans To PurSue
 Comdr. Mitsuo Fuchida, com- manding officer of the Akagi air unit at the time of the attack. told of the plans to pursue the Amer ican fleet if it hadn't been in the harbor on the fateful Dec. T.
 The documents placed in com- mittee records quoted the following questions and answers:
 @. Had the United States made concessions would the plan have been discarded or modified?
 "A. (Tomioka) It would have been discarded
 @. If the American fleet had been at sea, how would the plan have been modified?
 "A. (Fuchida) Had the Amer | ican fleet sought to intercept our task force or had there been sig nificant threat to the attack as planned, we would have counter attacked Had the American fleet left port we would have secuted an area of about 300 miles around Oahu and were prepared to attack If the American fleet could not bt located, we were to withdraw"
 Records Clear Plans
 The records made clear Japank calling off the attack in the event of American concessions.
 Evidence that the sneak attack was not a part of Japan's general war plans came from questioning several Jap officers. The question naire showed the following:
 @. Who conceived and pro- posed the Pearl Harbor surprise attack?
 "A. Admr Isoroku Yamamoto, then commander in chief, cora- bined fleet.
 @. When was this done,
 "A. The first part of January, l941.
 Q. Was the said action tor similar actions in anticipation of war against the United States) iri- cluded in Japan's pre-war plans? "A. No"
 By pre-war plans the question: naire apparently referred to Japan'E well known long-range program or southward expansion in develop ment of her so-called greater East Asia co-prosperity sphere"
 Admr. Osami Nagano, then chlef of the Japanese Naval general staff, testified that he made the decision Nov. 3. 194l, to use the Pearl Har- Dor attack if war did come.