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Joint Congressional Committee, <strong>Pearl</strong> <strong>Harbor</strong> Attack: Part 3 753<br />

replied, December 28, 1943, 82 he answered the questions about<br />

the December 6–7 deliveries, but had misunderstood Saff ord’s<br />

question about the “Weather Report.” 83<br />

Saff ord wrote a second letter January 22, 1944, asking many<br />

more questions about the “Winds Execute.” 84 Th is time he<br />

assigned code numbers to persons, dates, messages, places, etc., so<br />

that Kramer could answer Saff ord’s questions by citing numbers. 85<br />

He also asked for Kramer’s comment on Saff ord’s suspicions<br />

since November 15, 1943, which he said had been confi rmed<br />

December 2, 1943, <strong>and</strong> absolutely proved January 18, 1944, that<br />

Kimmel, long considered a scapegoat, was actually the “victim<br />

<strong>of</strong> a frame-up.” Saff ord said he had “overwhelming pro<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> the<br />

guilt” <strong>of</strong> OpNav <strong>and</strong> the general staff . 86<br />

Kramer did not reply to Saff ord’s second letter. When Kramer<br />

later turned the correspondence over to the JCC, Saff ord’s remarks<br />

about a frame-up, OpNav, <strong>and</strong> the general staff returned to haunt<br />

him.<br />

Why Was Safford Pressured to Change his<br />

Testimony About the “Winds Execute”?<br />

Saff ord knew that when Kramer testifi ed before the NCI in<br />

<strong>Pearl</strong> <strong>Harbor</strong> during the summer <strong>of</strong> 1944, he had described in<br />

some detail the interception <strong>of</strong> the “Winds Execute” <strong>and</strong> his role<br />

in its translation <strong>and</strong> disposition. 87 Saff ord fully expected Kramer<br />

to acknowledge that a “Winds Execute” had been received before<br />

December 7. In fact, Saff ord said also that Kramer had told him,<br />

82 Ibid., pp. 3699–700. Kramer to Saff ord, December 28, 1943.<br />

83 Ibid.<br />

84 Ibid., pp. 3700–04. Saff ord to Kramer, January 22, 1944.<br />

85 Ibid.<br />

86 Ibid., p. 3700.<br />

87 Ibid., pp. 3804–05, 3806–07.

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