The PEARL HARBOR ATTACK HEARINGS

Additional documents.

These documents may or may not be included in the volumes above, but it is felt that having direct access to them may be useful to some researchers. Certain important exhibits, such as "Rainbow 5" and the "Fourteen part message", will be included in this section so they can be accessed directly without searching through all the indexes and TOCs of the nine Reports. (The zip files for each Report will contain the entire text, even if it is redundant, to preserve the original contents.)


We have "broken out" the exhibits below into stand-alone PDF files. This will, we hope, make it much easier to find the documents in question for reference purposes.

Army Board Exhibits
Clake Investigation Exhibits
Clausen Investigation Exhibits
Hewitt Investigation Exhibits
Joint Committe Exhibits
Navy Court of Inquiry Exhibits
Summary Reports of the Army Board, Navy Court, Clausen, Hewitt, and Roberts investigations


NARRATIVE STATEMENT OF RECORD OF PEARL HARBOR COURT OF INQUIRY
With Cross-References to Admiral Hart's Investigation Together With Addendum Thereto (Admiral Hewitt's Findings and Conclusions)

INTELLIGENCE REPORTS

Pacific Fleet Intelligence Bulletin No. 45-41.
"Organization of the Japanese Fleet."

Daily communication intelligence summaries
for the period 1 November 1941 through 6 December 1941.
These were for the use of Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, at Pearl Harbor.

Joint Committee Exhibit No. 33, Military Intelligency Estimates Prepared by G-2, Washington, 1 July-7 December 1941.
These were for the use of the President and officials in D.C.

Joint Committee Exhibit No. 80, Fortnightly Summary of Current National Situations
for Nov. 1, Nov. 15, and Dec. 1, summaries of the world situation on all continents.


MAGIC INTERCEPTS AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS

The "Magic" Background to Pearl Harbor, all eight volumes, PDF and HTML

Joint Committee Exhibit No. 1, Intercepted Diplomatic Messages Sent by the Japanese Government Between July 1 and December 8, 1941.

Joint Committee Exhibit No. 23, Capt. Safford's digest of Magic intercepts. (Note that Capt. Safford compiled this listing in an effort to prove that the "Winds execute" message had been broadcast.)

Joint Committee Exhibit No. 151, Memoranda by Capt. Safford regarding possibility of transmission and interception of "Winds execute" message.

Joint Committee Exhibit No. 142, Materials Relating to the "Winds Code."

Joint Committee Exhibit No. 2, Magic Intercepts ("Japanese messages concerning military installations, ship movements, etc.)


Pre-War Allied Planning

Joint Committee Exhibit No. 49, United States-British Staff Conversations (ABC-1 talks on division of military responsibility in case of US entry into the war.)

Joint Committee Exhibit No. 50, American-Dutch-British Conversations, discussing military cooperation in the Far East, April, 1941.

Joint Committee Exhibit No. 51, Joint Canadian-United States Basic Defense Plan No. 2 (Short Title-ABC-22), discussing military cooperation between Canada and the United States.

Navy Basic War Plan-Rainbow No. 5 (WPL-46)

Navy Plan O-1
The "short version" of Rainbow-5, with only those sections specific to the Pacific Fleet.
(Hart Exhibit #16.)

Joint Committee Exhibit No. 55, CONFERENCE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF AT 10:00 A. M., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1941 (Concerning, among other things, allocation of B-17s.)

Memo from Gen. Marshall and Adm. Stark to FDR on the situation in the Far East


Conditions at Hawaii, and Planning for Defense

Adm. J. O. Richardson's memo on defense deficiencies at Pearl, Jan. '41.

Adm. J. O. Richardson's memo regarding Pacific Fleet responsibilities under CNO Plan Dog, Jan. '41.

The Naval Base Defense Air Force Operation Plan No. A-1-41.
detailing the possible types of enemy attack on the Hawaiian Islands and discussing defenfse and search requirements.

The Availability and Disposition of Patrol Planes on morning of 7 December, 1941/Report of Army-Navy Board of 31 October, 1941 ("The Martin-Bellinger Report")
detailing the status of aircraft on the Hawaiian Islands and discussing search requirements.

Pacific Fleet Confidential Letter NO. 2CL-41
Subject: Security of the Fleet at Base and Operating Areas
(Hart Exhibit #4.)

Joint Coastal Frontier Defense Plan, Hawaiian Coastal Frontier and Fourteenth Naval District
(Short Title: HCF 41 14ND-JCD-42)
(Hart Exhibit #5.)

Letter from CNO to Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet
Letter from Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet
And Letter from CNO to all District Commanders
Regarding Anti-torpedo baffles (nets) for protection against torpedo planes.
(Hart Exhibits #17, 18, and 19).

Pacific Fleet Confidential Letter 14CL-41
Subject: Task Forces-Organization and Missions
(Hart Exhibit #21.)

Air Defense of Pearl Harbor
Establishing Liason and Defining Responsibilities between Navy and Army
(Hart Exhibit #23.)

Joint Committee Exhibit No. 120, Availibility of search aircraft in Hawaii on Dec. 7th, 1941.

Exhange of Letters between SecNav and SecWar
Discussing air security of Pearl Harbor
(Hart Exhibit #40.)


Japanese Pre-war Policy and Planning

Memoirs of Prince Konoye Fumimaro
Premier of Japan during part of the pre-war period.

Joint Committee Exhibit No. 8 "General survey concerning the attack on Hawaii" from Japanese sources after the war. Included are statements on the planning of the attack and force structure.

Exhibits of the Joint Committee, Pt. 12, pp. 431-441 The "Separate Volume":
"Combined Fleet Operations in the War Against the UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN and the NETHERLANDS will be conducted in accordance with the Separate Volume. ", Yamamoto Isoruku.

(This is the "Separate Volume" mentioned as having been destroyed in Japanese Monograph No. 97, Pearl Harbor Operations: General Outline of Orders and Plans.)

The 14-part Message
which was to be delivered to the U. S. State Dept. at 1 p. m. on December 7, 1941.

Minutes of the conference
called to write the Japanese declaration of war.


Warnings and Portents

Joint Committee Exhibit No. 78, The Kra Alert

Joint Committee Exhibit No. 79, The Dutch Alert


The Attack: Events, Locations of Forces, etc.

Testimony of Captain Outerbridge, CO of the USS WARD, the destroyer which fired the first shots on the U. S. side in an attack against a midget sub trying to enter Pearl Harbor before 7 a. m. on Dec. 7th.


Reproduction of the Bishop's Point Radio Log
which shows WARD's reports to Com 14th.

Naval Balance of Forces
Allies and Axis comparative naval strength, computed for May 1, 1941 and December 7, 1941.
(Exhibits of the Joint Committee, Pt. 15, pp 1901-06.)


List of ships present at Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack, Dec. 7, 1941.

Disposition of the U.S.Pacific Fleet at 8 a.m. on 7 Dec 1941
(Less ships at Pearl Harbor.)
(Exhibits of the Joint Committee, Exhibit No. 6, items 9 and 5.)

"NARRATIVE OF EVENTS OCCURRING DURING JAPANESE AIR RAID ON DECEMBER 7, 194l"
from the ships in harbor, compiled into one narrative by the Navy after the attack to show how each ship saw the event. At the end is a report on ships' damage and plans for repair.


Maps and Pictures

Photos from U. of San Diego's large collection. Visit USD for pictures from the whole war.


Page maintained by Larry W. Jewell, pha@gte.net. Created: 12/31/96 Updated: 10/11/97