PEARL HARBOUR INQUIRY
U.S. FLEET SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISPERSED Recd. 6 p.m. Washington, Dec. 21. Admiral Richard Kelly Turner, chief of the Navy war plans in 1941, told the Pearl Harbour inquiry that had Kimmel followed the instructions handed him on July 27, 1941. the fleet would have been spread out instead of being tide up in Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941. He explained that Kimmel was ordered to follow a Navy war plan for defensive deployment, which encompassed, firstly, sending planes to Midway and Wake Islands (this was done); secondly. extending air reconnaissance; thirdly, dispatching fast ships northward for surveillance, as there were no islands northward usable for detection; fourthly, sending out. submarines on reconnaissance; fifthly, sending out battleships to cover landing forces. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 302, 22 December 1945, Page 5
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