[12] Counsel for Admiral Stark: Hugh H. Obear, Southern Building, Washington, D. C., telephone National 2155. Lt. Comdr. David Richmond, Navy Department, extension 2326. Mr. MITCHELL. Then there is the correspondence, with which you are familiar, between the chairman of the committee and the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the White House, asking for the appointment of the liaison officers and the responses from those Departments and the President. There is also a letter here from the estate of Franklin D. Roosevelt respecting the late President's files in the Archives Building. (The correspondence referred to follows:) The Honorable JAMES F. BYRNES, The Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. OCTOBER 5, 1945. DEAR MR. SECRETARY: On behalf of the joint congressional committee to investigate the disaster at Pearl Harbor, I am writing to suggest that you designate someone in the State Department to whom counsel for the committee may apply at any time to aid us in obtaining information from the Department's records and to arrange for the attendance before the committee of [13] witnesses from the State Department. We believe such an arrangement should expedite the work of the committee. Now that the war is ended, we hope that reasons of national security should not require that any information material to the investigation be withheld from the committee or their counsel, and that the committee will be free to use any pertinent evidence. The committee proposes to hold public hearings and all evidence material to our inquiry will thus be made public. Respectfully, ALBEN W. BARKLEY, Chairman, Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack. THE SECRETARY OF STATE, The Honorable ALBEN W. BARKLEY, DEAR ALBEN: Replying to your letter, I have asked Under Secretary Acheson to make available any information the State Department may have which is desired by the committee with reference to the investigation referred to by you. [14] Sincerely yours, JAMES F. BYRNES, OCTOBER 5, 1945. The Honorable ROBERT P. PATTERSON, The Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. DEAR MR. SECRETARY: On behalf of the joint congressional committee to investigate the disaster at Pearl Harbor, I am writing to suggest that you designate someone in the War Department to whom counsel for the committee may apply at any time to aid us in obtaining information from the Department's records and to arrange for the attendance before the committee of witnesses from the armed forces. We believe such an arrangement should expedite the work of the committtee. Now that the war is ended, we hope that reasons of national security should not require that any information material to the investigation be withheld from the committee or their counsel and that the committee will be free to use any pertinent evidence. The committee proposes to hold public hearings, and all evidence material to our inquiry will thus be made public. Respectfully, ALBEN W. BARKLEY, Chairman, Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack. [15] Hon. ALBEN W. BARKLEY, WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, October 10, 1945. Chairman, Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, United States Senate. DEAR SENATOR BARKLEY: In accordance with the suggestion in your letter of October 5, Lt. Col. Harmon Duncombe has been designated as the representative of the War Department for the purpose of assisting the joint congressional committee to investigate the disaster at Pearl Harbor. He will have full access to all pertinent files and records of the War Department and will arrange for the attendance before the committee of witnesses from the Army. The War Department is prepared to furnish the committee and their counsel all information in its possession material to the investigation and to have the committee make free use of any pertinent evidence. Also, the War Department will be glad to assist the committee in its desire to hold public hearings. [16] Sincerely yours, ROBERT P. PATTERSON, Secretary of War. OCTOBER 5, 1945. The Honorable JAMES FORRESTAL, The Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C. DEAR MR. SECRETARY: On behalf of the joint congressional committee to investigate the disaster at Pearl Harbor, I am writing to suggest that you designate someone in the Navy Department to whom counsel for the committee may apply at any time to aid us in obtaining information from the Department's records and to arrange for the attendance before the committee of witnesses from the armed forces. We believe such an arrangement should expedite the work of the committee. Now that the war is ended, we hope that reasons of national security should not require that any information material to the investigation be withheld from the committee or their counsel, and that the committee will be free to use any pertinent evidence. The committee proposes to hold public hearings and all evidence material to our inquiry will thus be made public. Respectfully, ALBEN W. BARKLEY, Chairman, Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack. [17] The Honorable ALBEN W. BARKLEY, THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, Chairman, Joint Committee on Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, United States Senate. DEAR SENATOR BARKLEY: Reference is made to your letter dated October 5, 1945, suggesting the designation of a Navy Department representative with whom counsel for the committee may deal in matters concerning information and witnesses desired by the committee. In accordance with your request, Rear Adm. O. S. Colclough, USN, the Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Navy, is designated to receive and act upon counsel's request for information from the Navy Department's records and for the attendance of naval witnesses. In addition to the foregoing suggestion, your referenced letter expresses the hope that, by virtue of the war's end, reasons of national security do not require the withholding from the committee, or its counsel, any information material to the investigation, and that the committee, whose hearings will be public, will be free to use any pertinent evidence. Please be assured that the Navy Department stands ready to render full assistance to the committee and its counsel, [18] making available from its records all information material to the investigation. Sincerely yours, JAMES FORRESTAL. [19] The Honorable HARRY S. TRUMAN, The White House, Washington, D. C. OCTOBER 5, 1945. DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: On behalf of the Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, I respectfully suggest for your consideration that someone in the Executive Offices be named by you, to whom the committee and its counsel may go to obtain information from the files in the Executive Office bearing on the matter under investigation, and that the committee may be free to disclose at its public hearings information so obtained. [20] Respectfully, ALBEN W. BARKLEY, Chairman, Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Hon. ALBEN W. BARKLEY United States Senate, Washington, D. C. THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, October 13, 1944. DEAR SENATOR BARKLEY: Replying to your letter of the 5th, regarding the appointment of someone in the Executive Offices to consult with the committee and its counsel, I am appointing Judge Latta, who has been in charge of all the files in the White House for the past 28 years. Any information that you want will be cheerfully supplied by him. For your information all the files of the previous administration have been moved to the Archives Building and Hyde Park. If there is any difficulty about your having access to them I'll be glad to issue the necessary order so that you may have complete access. [21] Sincerely yours, Dr. SOLON J. BUCK, Archivist of the United States, HARRY S. TRUMAN. ESTATE OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 120 Broadway, New York 5, October 31, 1945. National Archives Building, Washington, D. C. DEAR SIR: On behalf of the executors of the estate of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt, it is hereby requested that you permit Miss Grace G. Tully to withdraw from the files of the late Mr. Roosevelt, now at the National Archives for storage and safekeeping, and make available to the Senate-House Joint Committee Investigating the Pearl Harbor Disaster such papers relating to the subject of the investigation as it may request. This is to certify that such papers are being withdrawn and made available to said committee at the instigation of the President of the United States and with the approval of the executors of the estate. Yours very truly, EARLE R. KOONS. [22] Mr. MITCHELL. Then there is a list of liaison officers who have been designated by the various departments, with their addresses and telephone numbers, which may be of service to the members of the committee. (The list of liaison officers follows:) [23] LIST OF LIAISON OFFICERS, APPOINTED BY AGENCIES War Department: Lt. Col. Harmon Duncombe; telephone, extension 2335; room 4D761, Pentagon. Navy Department: [24] Rear Adm. Oswald S. Colcough, Assistant Judge Advocate General; telephone, extension 3365; room 2307. Lt. Comdr. John Ford Baecher, United States Naval Reserve; telephone, extension 2451; room 1083A. State Department: Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson; telephone, extension 2101; room 2032. Edward Miller; telephone, extension 2210; room 280. Joseph Ballantine; telephone, extension 2210; room 288. D. M. Ladd, Assistant Director; telephone, Executive 7100, extension 2121; room 1742, Justice. [25] Mr. MITCHELL. Then there follows the directive of August 28, 1945, by the President forbidding the disclosure of technique or procedures or any specific results of any cryptanalytic unit, the agencies that break codes. (The directive of August 28, 1945, follows:) [26] Memorandum for The Secretary of State. The Secretary of the Navy. The Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Director of the Budget. [Copy] AUGUST 28 1945. The Director of the Office of War Information. Appropriate departments of the Government and the Joint Chiefs of Staff are hereby directed to take such steps as are necessary to prevent release to the public, except with the specific approval of the President in each case, of: Information regarding the past or present status, technique, or procedures, degree of success attained, or any specific results of any cryptanalytic unit acting under the authority of the United States Government or any Department thereof. HARRY S. TRUMAN. [27] Mr. MITCHELL. There is the order of October 23, 1945, by the President lifting the ban of that directive for the benefit of this committee. (The memorandum follows :) [28] Memorandum for The Secretary of State. The Secretary of Navy. The Joint Chiefs of Staff. In order to assist the Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack in its desire to hold public hearings and make public pertinent evidence relating to the circumstances of that attack, a specific exception to my memorandum dated August 28, 1945, relating to the release of information concerning cryptanalytic activities, is hereby made as follows: The State, War, and Navy Departments will make available to the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, for such use as the committee may determine, any information in their possession material to the investigation, and will respectively authorize any employee or member of the armed services whose testimony is desired by the committee to testify publicly before the committee concerning any matter pertinent to the investigation. (Signed) Harry S. Truman HARRY S. TRUMAN. Approved October 23, 1945. [29] Mr. MITCHELL. There is another order, of November 7, 1945, by the President respecting leave for men in the services to talk freely with the committee and volunteer information. (The memorandum of November 7, 1945, follows:) [30] THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, November 7, 1945. Memorandum for the Chief Executives of all Executive Departments, Agencies, Commissions, and Bureaus, including the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Section 3 of the concurrent resolution creating the Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack reads as follows: "SEC. 3. The testimony of any person in the armed services, and the fact that such person testified before the joint committee herein provided for, shall not be used against him in any court proceeding or held against him in examining his military status for credits in the service to which he belongs." In order to assist the joint committee to make a full and complete investigation of the facts relating to the events leading up to or following the attack, you are requested to authorize every person in your respective departments or agencies, if they are interrogated by the committee or its counsel, to give any information of which they may have knowledge bearing on the subject of the committee's investigation. You are further requested to authorize them whether or [31] not they are interrogated by the committee or its counsel to come forward voluntarily and disclose to the committee or to its counsel any information they may have on the subject of the inquiry which they may have any reason to think may not already have been disclosed to the committee. This directive is applicable to all persons in your departments or agencies whether they are in the armed services or not and whether or not they are called to testify before the joint committee. HARRY S. TRUMAN. [32] Mr. MITCHELL. Then there is a memorandum by the President under date of November 9, 1945, enlarging on the last-mentioned memorandum. (The memorandum of November 9, 1945, follows:) [33] Memorandum for the chief executives of all executive departments, agencies, Commissions, and Bureaus, including the Joint Chiefs of Staff. With further reference to my letter of November 7, 1945, addressed to the above executives, you are requested further to authorize every person in your respective departments or agencies, whether or not they are interrogated by the committee or its counsel, to come forward and disclose orally to any of the members of the Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack any information they may have on the subject of the inquiry which they may have any reason to think has not already been disclosed to the committee. This does not include any files or written material. the record in that way. [Handwritten:] O. K. H. S. T. [34] Mr. MITCHELL. Those formal documents I hand to the reporter to open Senator BREWSTER. Mr. Chairman, I think it would also be proper and helpful if the record of the original presentation of the resolution by the chairman, and the discussions on the floor at that time— not subsequent at that time, be inserted in the record so that there may be a full interpretation of what was the purport of the hearings. The CHAIRMAN. There being no objection in connection with the introduction of the joint resolution, the statement made by the author of the resolution, and the discussion that took place at that time, will be inserted in the record. Senator FERGUSON. Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask that the full discussion that took place at that time be inserted in the record. |