Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-11

bombs began to fall on Pearl Harbor.
Gen. Marshall pointed out that
he had said earlier in his testimony
that the first Is parts of the note,
which was coming in over the air in
portions, did not contain alarming
statements. and that the 14th part
arrived later
But the first part of the message.
Senator Ferguson pointed out, did
carry a pilot" message instructing
the Japanese ENJOYS here to hold
it for further instruction, explain
ing that a definite hour to deliver
it would be named
Significance Conceded.
Wasn't it clear that a zero time
was to be set" Senator Ferguson
asked. and wasn't that highly sig
nificant?"
Gen. Marshall conceded that.
You were in Washington all day
December 50"
The general said he was
And yet no part of the message
was read to you until the morning
of the 7th."
Gen. Marshall said. "as far as I've
been told-and I have no personal
knowledge of exactly when it was
decoded-I assume that the first
part of the message was not decided
until some time that night. I as
sumo the presumption was that the
first Is parts did not contain state
ments which had to be brought to
my attention at once"
Was there any one on duty at
the War Department during those
hours who could have acted?"
Gen. Marshall said there was some
one On duty constantly in ca On
telligence), the Wars Plans Division
and the Chief of Stats office.
Received Findings From Handy.
Gen. Marshall testified it was the
civilian side of the War Depart
ment, headed by former Secretary
Stimson, and not the military side
that ordered Col. Henry C. Clausen
to make an independent followup
investigation of the findings of the
original Army Pearl Harbor Board.
The former Chief of Staff said
Gen. Thomas T. Handy brought
the findings of the three-man Army
board to him, told him in a general
way of its criticism of him. and ad-
vised Gen. Marshall not to go into
the report himself. He said Gen
Handy suggested to him that the
military side of the War Depart
mnt have nothing to do with it,"
In the course of his followup in
vestigation Col. Clausen obtained
af1davits from many of the officers
who had testified before the Army
board. In one of these affidavits
Gen. Miles, who headed Army in
telligence in 1871, said he avoided
giving the Army board any testi-
mony concerning the interception
of secret Jap code messages be-
cause he had received instructions
through two other officers from
Gen. Marshall not to do so.
Col. .Clarke's Account.
Questioned by Senator Ferguson
today, Gen. Marshall said his recol-
lection is he did not give the in
structions. He said he asked Col
Carter w. Clarke about the matter
recently AND received this account
of what happened:
Col. Clarke told him that at the
time of the Army board inquiry,
witnesses were coming in and asking
whether they should mention the
messages obtained by code cracking.
Gen. Marshall said he was out of
town at the time and Maj. Gen.
Clayton Bissell, present head of
Army intelligence. took it up with
Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, who in
turn discussed it with Admiral
Ernest J. King, and they agreed
there should be no reference to the
code-cracking messages, described
as magic
Gen. Marshall revealed, however
that the Army board was not kept
/ in the dark as to the existence OF
the magic" messages, because when
he testified before that board he
asked it to go into executive SEES
sion. and told its members all about
magic
Still Another Inquiry.
Senator Ferguson next asked Gen
Marshall why, after the Clausen in
veStigation, there was still another
investigation made by Col. Clarke.
Il am not clear on that" Gen
Marshall replied. Gen. Bissell is
the best authority on that"
Gen. Marshall said his recollec-
ton is that at the time the Clarke
investigation was made there was
no one left in Co. who knew per-
sonally what happened before Pearl
Harbor, when the secret messages
were coming in. Gen. Marshall ex-
planned that he checked with Gen
Bissell two days ago and was told
There was so much confusion over
the handling of the records, the
time of rareipf afr - that IL VIA G