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others who were there, that the lack of information relayed to Admirals Kimmel and Short was the result more of a combination of bureaucratic bungling, turf-protecting, and Blimpism, than of any concerted effort or conspiracy on anyone’s part.
“The Roberts investigation, for example, was a farce. It was set up to prevent any implication that anyone in Washington, D.C., had had any responsibility; someone had to be strung up, and they picked the two local commanders. If anyone was to be censured, why wasn’t Douglas MacArthur, who was privy to Magic, and had nine hours warning that Pearl Harbor had been attacked with great force? MacArthur lost the B-17s that had been sent to him, stripping Hawaii, so that he could plan a preemptive strike on Japan from the Philippines.
“And I Was There is not a book for the best seller lists, as it deals with the rather obscure facts and details. of intelligence gathering and has nothing in it of spies and dangerous games. It is the recounting of many hours of hard work decoding and interpreting radio traffic during some trying times. What came of the w'ork of the dedicated people described here is that there is still a United States of America.”
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