Pearl Harbor-1941 Pg.4
Dec. 3 - FBI phone tap on consulate cook reveals code burning plans, but done 3-4 times per year Dec. 4 - Knox: "no matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping."
- Lt. Kemp Tolley ordered to sail "Lanikai" from Manila to Indochina
Dec. 5 - TF12 with "Lexington" leaves Pearl for Midway; "Enterprise" near Wake; "Saratoga" at San Diego
- also leaving: heavy cruisers Minneapolis and Indianapolis
- carriers in Atlantic: Ranger, Yorktown, Wasp, new Hornet
Dec. 6 - Dorothy Edgers translates deferred Magic intercepts, but Comm. Alvin Kramer says "go home" Dec. 6 - FDR agrees to ABDUCAN plan to help defend British empire if attacked Dec. 6 - FDR sends last-resort letter to Hirohito 9:30pm, Dec. 6 - FDR reads 13-part 900-series intercept: "this means war" 10am, Dec. 7 - FDR reads 14th message to sever negotiations 11am, Dec. 7 - FDR reads 15th message setting 1pm delivery time for 14-part message to Hull - but still no indication of where Japanese attack would take place 11:30am, Dec. 7 - Marshall orders "be on the alert" warning sent to all Pacific bases
- but does not use scrambler telephone or define nature of the alert
6:30am (PHT)= 11:30am (EST) - Catalina spots sub trying to enter Pearl
- tells destroyer USS Ward, 1st gun fired 6:45, 2nd sub sunk by 7:00am
- naval duty officers slow to inform Kimmel