Evening star., 1945-11-15
Jap Spying on Hawaii Shipping
In 194O Disclosed at Hearing
7 Thick Volumes
OfCode MESSAGES
Are introduced
BY ]. A. O'LEARY and
CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Pictures on Page BIZ

SfAkSA AAN DASoo4AH SoANASs
Two thick volumes of code
messages translated by this Gov
ernment before December 7, 1941
were laid before the Congress.
sional Pearl Harbor Investigating
Committee at the start of it's in
vestigation today, showing thai
the japanese were keeping
close watch on ship movements
at Hawaii as early as December
1910.
The messages also revealed like
novel-length serial, the story of ne
gotiations the Emperor's diplomats
were carrying on with the American
Government in Washington, ever
while the japanese aircraft carriers
were steaming toward Hawaii to de-
liver the sneak attack.
The messages disclosed that Japa-
nese ENJOYS here reported to Tokyo
the day before Pearl Harbor that
they had been working with "influ-
ential"' individuals behind their
front negotiations" with Presi.
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Of
State Hull.
Witnesses Describe Attack.
After the introduction of these
exhibits the first two witnesses, Rear
Admiral T. B. Inglis, chief of naval
intelligence, and Col. Bernard
Thielen of the Army General Staff
were sworn in and testified Jointly
They described conditions in Hawaii
and the disposition of naval and
army forces throughout the Pacific
area at the time of the Pearl Harbol
attack.
Basing their narrative on Official
reports of the War and Navy De-
partments, they described briefly the
attack itself and the results.
The committee recessed at noon
until pm, after hearing part of
their testimony.
urgent" Note to Tokyo.
One urgent" secret message to
Tokyo dated December 6, read:
'In addition to carrying on front
negotiations with the President and
Hull, we have worked directly and
indirectly through cabinet members
having close relations with the Pres
ident and through individuals equal
ly influential (because of its deli
cate bearing upon the State Depart
ment, please keep this point strictly
secret. Up until this moment we
have the following to report:
81. On the 4th those engaged ir
plan (A) dined with the President
and advised him against a Japanese
American war and urged him to de
the introducing at once between
Japan and China. However, the
President did not make known what
he had in mind. According to thess
men, the attitude of the President
is his usual attitude. Recently
when the President discussed mat.
ters with Lewis and settled tn,
strike question, understood that h,
did so on the advice of these indi
viduals.
go. Those carrying on plan (B,
included all of our proposal of No
vember 20 into that of September
Is and after Incorporating thos'
sections in the United States pro
posal of November 26 which ar
either innocuous or advantageous tt
us-(message incomplete)."
Throughout the messages ran th'
japanese contention that they
weren't starting a war-that the
United States and Britain were
pushing them into it.
Communique From British.
A December 7 message from Bu-
dapest to Tokyo said:
"On the 9th, the American Min
lister presented to the government
of this country British government
communique to the effect that a
state of war woud break out or
the 7th."
The japanese consul at Honolulu
was disclosed in another committee
exhibit to have reported to Tokyo
on December 6, 1941, that these YES
sells were in Pearl Harbor on thai
date:
Mine battleships, three ligh
cruisers, three submarine tenders, L
destroyers, and, in addition there
were four light cruisers, two destroy
ers lying at docks (the heavy cruis
ers and airplane carriers have al
left)."
The message. intercepted by th'
Navy, added:
"It appears that no air reconnais
sance is being conducted by the flee
air arm
Notations in the exhibit showet
this message was not translated un
til December 8.
The introduction of these mes
sages, the existence of which hav,
been known since it was revealed
that the United States had cracked
the Japanese code, was the onl.
tangible evidence that marked ,
rather tame opening session.
The marble-walled, high-ceil
inged caucus room of the Senat