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November 26. However, after “talking it over with people” upon
at the State Department. Th en upon his return to the Navy Department
at 10:20, he found the “One p.m. Message” had been received.
On February 6, 1946 before the Joint Committee, he testifi ed (ibid.,
part 8, pp. 3904–08) that he had delivered all 14 parts to (1) McCollum,
(2) Wilkinson, (3) Stark, possibly through McCollum and Wilkinson,
and (4) directly to Knox, whom he saw personally, at State. He had
then returned to the Navy Department where he had encountered the
“One p.m. Message.” Th is account made no mention of delivering the
14 parts to the White House ( Joint Committee, Pearl Harbor Attack,
part 8, pp. 3904–08).
Kramer testimony February 6, 1946 at the JCC:
Richardson: Now, how early did you go to the offi ce the next
morning?
Kramer: My recollection is it was very shortly after 7:30. . . . Th e
normal offi ce hours commenced at 8 o’clock . . . I further wanted to be
at the offi ce earlier that morning [December 7] than usual because of
the likelihood that I would have to make earlier disseminations that
morning than usual [late morning]. . . . I had a specifi c appointment to
be at the State Department by 10 that morning, on instructions from
Secretary Knox. I gathered from conversation with Admiral Wilkinson
that Admiral Stark would very likely be in Sunday morning, which was
not a usual practice. . . . it was an unusual thing for Admiral Stark to
be there on Sunday morning [italics added]. On a number of occasions
that fall on Sunday morning I had delivered folders to his home and
had been received in his study on the second deck, he being in pajamas
and dressing gown on one occasion having breakfast. I recollect that
because I was off ered some coff ee. . . .
Richardson: Now you got in your offi ce around 7 o’clock on Sunday
morning.
Kramer: Shortly after 7:30, is my best recollection. . . . [M]y recollection
is that the fourteenth part was there shortly after I got in that
morning, or possibly when I got in that morning. . . . I was on a 24-hour
basis, and my translators were also. I had on at least two dozen occasions,
during the course of 1941, been called to my offi ce at odd hours
of the night, sometimes 2 or 3 in the morning. I had standing instructions
with the GY watch offi cer to call me any time they felt a translator
was required. . . . I was the nearest translator to my offi ce, only 5
minutes away in Arlington near Fort Myer. I therefore put myself in