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The Commission visited the Naval Base at Pearl
Harbor and air fields of the military and naval estab-
lishments, as well as the Army posts and forts and certain
of the coast fortifications on the Island of Oahu.
The minutes of each meeting of the Commission
are of record. The statements of witnesses received
in the meetings previous to that of December 22 have
been recorded in summaries. All testimony received
at the meeting of December 22 and the subsequent meetings
was stenographically reported and transcribed.
The oral evidence received amounts to 1887
typewritten pages, and the records and documents examined
exceed 3000 printed pages in number.
Appended hereto is a map of the Island of Oahu
showing the location of the principal naval and military
establishments.
All the testimony and evidence received have
been considered, and as the result of its deliberations
the Commission submits the following
FINDINGS OF FACT
I.
About 7.55 A.M. Honolulu time (1.25 P.M. E.S.T.)
on Sunday, December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked
Army and Navy installations and ships of the Pacific Fleet
in Oahu, Territory of Hawaii.
AND
Although the United States and Japan were at peace
on that morning, Japan planned to announce to the Secretary
of State of the United States at 1.00 P.M. of that day,
E.S.T. (7.30 A.M. Honolulu time) the severance of
diplomatic relations and simultaneously to attack the
Island of Oahu and Pearl Harbor. The military preparations
for this breach of international faith and honor were put in
train and the forces for its consummation had been dispatched
weeks prior to any intimation of the planned severance of
relations.
II.
The Territory of Hawaii comprisos the group of
islands known as "The Hawaiian Islands". This group consists
of the larger islands - Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Oahu, and
Kauai - and a number of smaller islands. They extend from
liawaii in the south some three hundred miles in a north-
westerly direction, including Kauai in the north. For
purposes of certain developments and protection, the
Islands of Midway, Wake, Johnston, Palmyra, Christmas, and
Canton, had been placed under the responsible naval and
military heads in the Hawaiian area.
The importance of the Territory of Hawaii from a
national defense standpoint is the fact that Pearl Harbor,
the main outlying nuval base in the Pacific, is located in
the Island of Oahu, one of the Havaiian group. For this
reason all measures for the protection and defense of the
Territory have centered in and around Oahu, the other
islands being garrisoned by minor forces only. A main
outlying naval base, such as Pearl Harbor, is intended
for the use of the floot for taking on fuel and supplies,
for recreation and rest of the fleet personnel, and for
the repair and refitting of ships.
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