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

Joint Congressional Committee, Pearl Harbor Attack: Reports 841
Walter C. Short — Major General, Commanding General,
Hawaiian Department
Husband E. Kimmel — Rear Admiral, Commander in Chief
of the Pacifi c Fleet
Both in Washington and in Hawaii there were numerous and
serious failures of men in the lower civil and military echelons
to perform their duties and discharge their responsibilities.
Th ese are too numerous to be treated in detail and individually
named.
Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, who was at the center of
Japanese-American negotiations bears a grave responsibility
for the diplomatic conditions leading up to the eventuality of
Pearl Harbor but he had no duties as a relevant link in the military
chain of responsibility stemming from the Commander in
Chief to the commanders at Hawaii for the defense at Pearl
Harbor. For this reason and because the diplomatic phase was
not completely explored we off er no conclusions in his case.
27 Ibid., pp. 572–73.
S/ Homer Ferguson
S/ Owen Brewster 27