PEARL HARBOUR INQUIRY
Warning Of Impending Atta (7.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. An affidavit by Colonel Gporge Bicknell, the Hawaiian intelligence officer at the time of the Japanese attack, told the Pearl Harbour inquiry that he informed MajorGeneral Short’s staff before the attack that the Japanese Consul was burning his records and added that he learned of the position from naval officers and the F. 8.1. Major-General Sherman Miles gave the opinion that General G. C. Marshall’s messap? to General Short on November 27, 1941, was sufficient warning to cause the necessary proper alert to be effected, but General Short’s reply was totally inadequate. The Associated American Press says that evidence is shown that General Marshall warned General Short: “Hostile action is possible at any moment,” and advised reconnaissance and other measures which General Short deemed necessary. General Short on November 28 replied that the Hawaiian Department had been put on the alert to prevent sabotage.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23375, 5 December 1945, Page 5
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156PEARL HARBOUR INQUIRY Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23375, 5 December 1945, Page 5
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