Evening star., 1946-02-09
Pearl Hurbor
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naval operations) about am, De-
cember 7, l941. He looked at the
papers (the 14-part final note from
Tokyo to Washington and ex-
claimed, My God, this means war.
You said, Admiral, it has meant war
for the past three months Admiral
Stark continued. I must get word
to Admiral Kimmel, and picked up
message blank. (The Navy sent
no warning to Admiral Kimmel
Gen. George c. Marshall, Army Chief
of Staff. did send message to
Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short, Hawaiian
commander, with instructions tc
show it to Admiral Kimmel, but il
was delivered several hours after
the attack
The memorandum never was sent
either to Capt. Stafford or Admiral
Kimmel, Capt. Kramer explained
1t answered questions which Capt
Stafford had asked, and on which
Admiral Kimmel also wanted light
about events in Washington during
the days preceding the Japanese
attack of December 7, 1941.
Letter Disclosed.
Capt. Kramer disclosed for the
first time that while he was sta
toned at New Caledonia in March
1914, Admiral William F. Halsey
showed him letter which had come
from Admiral Kimmel, then living
in retirement at Bronxville, N. Y
Admiral Kimmel wrote:
Dear Bill:
you have on your staff Comdr
(noW Capt) A. D. Kramer, who was
on duty in the communications Of
fice at the Navy Department at the
time OF the attack on Pearl Harbor
and for some time prior to that date
I believe he has knowledge of facts
and incidents which occurred in the
Navy Department and which are of
interest and value to me. Will you
please obtain from him an affidavit
and ask him if he will supply me
with a copy. If he does not
wish to supply me with a copy of
the affidavit, would appreciate 1t
very much if he will make the affi-
davit. put it in a secure place and
inform me when I can obtain it,"
Denies Signing Affidavit.
Capt. Kramer testified that he
never signed an affidavit, but pre-
pared the memorandum in lieu, and
kept it in his possession. He ex-
planned that in case of his death in
the Pacific there might be record
which Admiral Kimmel could have
While it was in the form of reply
to Capt. Stafford, whose request for
information was along the same line
but much more exhaustive, Capt
Kramer explained that he never re-
piled to Capt. Safford's second let
ter and never intended to. This
letter set up secret code of num-
bers which the two officers were to
use in communications regarding
episodes, persons, dates and places
concerned with Pearl Harbor.
ITO put it mildly, was somewhat
fiabbergasted at Capt. Safford's let
ter" said Capt. Kramer.
Capt Stafford wrote that he had
Overwhelming proof" of the guilt
of the Office of Naval Operations
and the Army General Staff and
described Admiral Kimmel as victim
of frameup.
Committee Recesses.
Mr.. Keefe had just begun to ques-
tlon Capt. Kramer about statements
in the memorandum, withholding
certain portions of it from the rec
ord, when the committee recessed
until today.
Following adjournment an execu-
tive session was held at which eff
forts to close the hearings by the
deadline of February Is set by Con-
gress were discussed. Night sessions
next week were among the measures
talked over, but no action was taken
pending another closed meeting to
be held today or Monday.
These were among the questions
which Admiral Kimmel asked Ad-
miral Halsey to obtain from Capt
Kramer:
There was message received in
the Navy Department on December
4 or S, 1941, which came to be known
as the winds message. I should like
to know:
What station first received this