EXHIBIT NO. 42 (HART INQUIRY)
                                            U. S. S. VIXEN, 9 JUNE 1944.

From: Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, U. S. Navy.
To: Admiral Thomas C. Hart, U. S. Navy, Retired, examining officer.
Subject: Examination to record and preserve testimony pertinent to the
         Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, ordered by
         Secretary of the Navy's confidential precept dated 12 February
         1944.

Inclosure: (A) Record of testimony of Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, U. S.
           Navy, on 5 and 6 June 1944, the fortieth and forty-first days
           of subject examination.

1. Inclosure (A) is returned herewith. Recognizing that the oath given me on the fortieth day of subject examination is still binding, I hereby state I have read over the testimony given by me on the fortieth and forty-first days of said examination and pronounce it correct.

                                                     ROYAL E. INGERSOLL.


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