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Of Pearl Harbor?" Senator Ferguson
prompted.
mo. sir, did not"
Did you talk to him on the
phone at any time, before or shortly
after Pearl Harbor?"
Il don't recall that I ever did, be-
fore or after Pearl Harbor."
Plans Never Approved.
Gen. Marshall said he had re-
garded the scrambler phone as
private, but not secret" because
1t could be tapped and its tumble
made clear to a listener. At the
time of Pearl Harbor, he added.
the scrambler still was rather crude,
though it later was greatly i'm
proved.
Near the close of another day of
cross-examination, Gen. Marshall
declared fatty that mo attack
would have brought into effect" the
joint military plans that had been
discussed by American, British and
Dutch staff officers, because those
plans never had been formally ap-
proved by this Government.
He made this statement while Sem
ator Ferguson was taking him
through a long series OF questions
about these joint war plans, which
had been drawn up at conferences
both in Washington and Singapore
early in 1941.
Hawaii Not Included.
Senator Ferguson inquired wheth-
er there was anything in the joint
war plans discussed at Singapore as
to what would be done if Hawaii
was attacked. Gen. Marshall re-
piled that those war plan discus
sions related to Singapore, Borneo
and the Netherlands area.
Gen. Marshall said it was con-
templated that these joint mill
tary operations would have gone
into effect if this Government had
approved the procedure, but he
added, 1--WE were not in a position
to bring the plan into effect with
out its approval by this Govern
ment." He explained that by I'VE"
he meant himself, Admiral Harold
r. Stark, then chief of naval oper-
atoms, and the Secretaries of War
and Navy.
sAs the committee recessed, Sen
ator Ferguson was asking the gen.
eral about message Admiral
Thomas j. Hart, former COM
mander of the Asiatic feet and now
a Connecticut Senator, dispatched
to Admiral Stark early in the morn
ing of December 7, 1941, which read:
Learn from Singapore we have
assured Britain armed support I'M
de- three or four eventualities.
Have received no corresponding in
structions from you"
To Give Stark's Answer.
: Senator Ferguson made it known
that when the committee recon-
venes tomorrow he expects to have
for the record Admiral Stark's
answer to this message. Senator
Ferfuson also asked committee coun-
sci to try to obtain over the week.
end, permission to introduce some
British Admiralty messages to throw
further light on Admiral Harris
query.
In response to further questions
by Senator Ferguson, Gen. Marshall
said notations on the Hart message
indicated 1t was received here at las
am. December 7, the day of the
attack on Pearl Harbor.
Senator Ferguson, recalling Mr..
Churchill's remark that if the United
States became involved in war in
the Pacific, England would join her
within the hour, asked Gen. Mar
shall if these joint military opera
tions which had been discussed at
Singapore were an answer to that
cor was it a one-sided AFFAIR.""
Could Not Answer.
Gen. Marshall said he could not
answer that question, but did not
think 1t was a one-sided affair
II am trying to And out if this
plan (the American, British, Dutch
military conference) went into eff