Evening star., 1946-02-05

up on this end. No one in No. Is
(Office of Naval Operations can be
trusted. Premature action would
only tip off the people who framed
No. 81 and No. 80 (Admiral Kimmel
and Gen. Short, and will also get No.
8 (the writer, Capt. Saffor0 and
No. 10 Capt. Kramer) into very
serious trouble.
"Yet we must have the backing, the
rank and the prestige afforded by No.
AZ (Admiral William F. Halsey). Tell
No. AZ that knew No. 81 (Admiral
KimmeD was a scapegoat from the
start, but did not suspect that he
was a victim of a frameup until
No. ia NQvember Is, l94D, plus
two years; could not confirm 1t un-
til No. 1872 December 2, l94D plus
two years, and did not have abso-
lutte proof until about January 18,
1914 No. 8 tthe writer has over
whelmiEg proof of the guilt of No.
IS tOffice of Naval Operations) and
No. 65 tArmy General Staff, plus a
list of about Is reliable witnesses"
Names Demanded.
who are the Is reliable witnesses
who can establish the guilt of
OPNAV and the general staff?" de-
manded Representative Murphy late
yesterday when the code letters were
placed in the record.
Capt. Stafford said they testified at
earlier hearings, conducted by ad-
miral, now Senator, Thomas C.. Hart
and by Admiral H. K. Hewitt and
before the Navy Court of Inquiry.
But who are they" Mr., Murphy
insisted. Can you name a single
witness who will tell this committee
of the guilt of those officers?"
II don't know what they will tes-
tify to" said Capt. Stafford nervously
Name them!" Mr.. Murphy thun-
dered.
Stafford Names Four.
Capt. Stafford named four. They
were Capt. Kramer, who is slated to
oe the next witness; Col. Rufus S
Bratton, chief of Far Eastern Sec
ton of War Department intelligence
in 194l. also on the witness list, and
two other colonels. Moses Pettigrew
and o. K. Sadtler.
What happened to the other H.
Mr.. Murphy asked, ARE they NJ
longer reliable?"
THE Others" said Capt. Stafford
slowly, mo longer make the state
ments they made two years ago."
well" said Mr.. Murphy, what
does Col. Sadtler know of the guilt
of the chief of naval operations and
the general staff?"
Representative Keefe intervened
to point out that Col. Sadtler would
be the best witness of this But
Chairman Barkley held the ques-
tions were proper.
Capt. Stafford said Col. Sadtler
knew of the winds execute" message
the intercepted Japanese message
which the Navy officer said he saw
on December 4, three days before the
attack on Pearl Harbor. This mes
sage, one of the most disputed issues
of the entire inquiry, was translated
according to Capt. Stafford, in the
code Tokyo had set up disguised as
weather report, as meaning wal
with America and Great Britain.
And he knew of the destruction
Of the winds message records" Capt
Stafford added.
did he tell you that?" Mr.. Muir
ply demanded.
Capt. Stafford said his source was
a civilian ernploye of the communi-
cations office named Freeman.
What does Col. Bratton know"
Capt. Stafford said Col. Bratton
had testified that the only way he
could get warning to Hawaii that
the winds execute" had arrived was
to send the Army intelligence Of
ficer there word to see Capt. Joseph
j. Rochefort, naval combat intelli-
gence officer, about weather re-
port. Such a message is in evidence