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I'hielen said it did not and he knew

Thielen said 1t did not and he knew
of none.
Chairman Barley announced that
the next witness to be called, possibly
later today, will be Admiral j. o.
Richardson, retired. who commanded
the Pacific Fleet early in 1871, be-
fore Admiral Kimmel was given the
assignment.
210 Jap Planes In Attack.
During the examination of ADJ
miral Inglis and Col. Thielen yester-
day, 1t was brought out the Army and
Navy had made separate estimates
that los Japanese planes attacked
their respective shore installations
and ships. Representative Cooper,
Democrat, of Tennessee said he
could interpret that only as meaning
there were 210 Japanese planes.
There may have been some over
tapping" Admiral Inglis explained,
Eve don't know. But we arrived at
the estimates independently"
Mr.. Cooper asked If there was any
estimate of the total number of
enemy planes that attacked Navy
and Army detectives. The officers
said there was not. It just hap
pened their separate estimates COIN
cided, Admiral Inglis added.
Mr.. Cooper deduced from another
series of questions that there were
1854 American combat planes on
hand, including Is which were scout
ing ahead of the carrier Enterprise,
200 miles from Pearl Harbor, at the
time the enemy struck.
Senator Lucas tried to find out
whether Admiral Kimmel or Rear
Admiral G. C. Bloch, commanding
the 14th Naval District, with head
quarters at Pearl Harbor, were told
at once when the destroyer Ward
reported sinking a midget japanese
submarine two hours before the air
attack. Admiral Inglis said he did
not know. Senator Lucas told the
witness to find out.
Asked About Submarines.
Senator Lucas also wanted to know
whether previous to the sneak at
tack there had been any indication
that Japanese submarines were
operating in Hawaiian waters.
THE record is completely negative
on that subject" Admiral Inglis said.
Representative Murphy, Democrat,
of Pennsylvania lost no time in try
ing to clear up one claim Republican
committee members have made OF
alleged reports that few days be-
fore the attack a military inspection
of naval vessels at Pearl Harbor had
been ordered. which would have
necessitated the opening of alright
compartment in the hulls and leav-
ing them more vulnerable.
Admiral Inglis said a careful study
Of the damage sustained that day
led to the conclusion that the battle
ship California was the only vessel
on which the opening of compart-
ments contributed in any way to
the damage.
When Mr.. Murphy followed UP
with a question as to whether this
meant the compartments were not
open on the other ships, Admiral
Inglis explained he was not qualified
to testify on that. Mr.. Murphy said
he hoped some witness will be called
later to 60 into that subject.
Information Not Complete.
Committee Counsel Mitchell in
terrupted to say his staff is hard
at work on that question. They have
some information, but it is not COM
plete, he said.
Mr.. Murphy said he also wanted
testimony later as to what recon-
Nuisance was ordered by Admiral
Kimmel or Gen. Short between No
vember q and December Z, when the
negotiations with Japan were draw
ing to close.
Senator Ferguson began his cross
examination by demanding to know
of Admiral Inglis and Col. Thielen
when they first learned that they
were to be the opening witnesses to
give the story of the attack.
Admiral Inglis said he got the
word about 3 o'clock last Friday
and Col. Thielen on Friday or
Saturday. Col. Thielen said he had
heard earlier that he might be
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