Pearl Harbor: The Seeds and Fruits of Infamy - Ludwig von Mises ...

December 6, Part 2 273
Compilation of men-of-war in Far East, British, American,
Japanese, Dutch, Russian. Also compilation of American menof-war
in Pacifi c Fleet, with locations, and a list of American
men-of-war in the Atlantic without locations.
Admirals Ingersoll, Stark and the Secretary of the Navy were
consulted and the Secretary directed that the information be
compiled and delivered to him [Stimson] prior to 1000 Sunday,
7 Dec. 11
First 13 Parts of Japanese Reply
Delivered to FDR
Between October 1 and December 7, 1941, Kramer, attached
to the Offi ce of Naval Intelligence in Washington, was on loan to
OP-20-G, Offi ce of Naval Communications. He was a Japanese
language student and headed the translation section of the communications
security group, then made up of a staff of three
civilian translators. Kramer reviewed their translations and did
an occasional translation himself. He was also responsible for
seeing that the decoded and translated intercepts were delivered
to the authorized Navy personnel. As the volume of intercepts
increased in the weeks before December 7, Kramer necessarily
assumed more responsibility for organizing the intercepts with
background material and assembling them for delivery. 12
Before Beardall left for home at about 5:30 p.m. that Saturday
afternoon, he turned over his post to the special deputy communication
watch offi cer, Lieutenant Lester Robert Schulz, on temporary
assignment with the Offi ce of Naval Communications.
He told Schulz “to remain there that night to receive [a] special
11Ibid., part 19, pp. 3536–37. See also memorandum read into the record, Joint
Committee, part 11, pp. 5247–54.
12Ibid., part 33, pp. 848–52, Kramer testimony before the NCI, September 13,
1944.