PEARL HARBOUR ATTACK
GOULD HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED ORDERS NOT CARRIED OUT (Rec. 1.30 p.m.) . WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Losses at Pearl Harbour would have been materially reduced and the Japanese fleet might have suffered considerable damage had Admiral Kimmel carried out " perfectly specific and entirely clear 'orders " given him on No* vember 27, 1941. to prepare for a possible attack, said Admiral .Turner at. the Pearl Harbour inquiry. " We know by experience that a carrier-based attack is difficult to stop and a considerable part of the Japananese attacking force might have got in," he said, " but it could have been broken up and had considerably less effect. We had a total of 185 fighter aircraft. The Japanese had 112. The American fleet bad undergone many months of preparation, for just such an attack, and within the limits of materials 1 felt confident that the fleet was prepared and ready for it."
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Evening Star, Issue 25673, 22 December 1945, Page 5
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