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Stark had failed to give Kimmel all the information at hand on Jap intentions. Stark had even written Kimmel (in a personal letter) on Oct. 17: "I do not believe the Japs are going to sail into us." Stark's messages had "directed Kirnmel's attention toward the Far East" as the most probable Jap target if they should attack, rather than toward Hawaii; this was the conviction also generally held in Washington...
...preceded by: "1) a surprise attack on ships in Pearl Harbor, 2) a surprise submarine attack on ships in operating area, 3) a combination of these two." And yet, even on Dec. 2, when Kimmel's Fleet Intelligence officer told him he had suddenly lost track of four Jap carriers (which they were checking on by radio). Kimmel was not alarmed...
Short decided that an anti-sabotage alert was enough. This was the position in which the Jap carrier planes found him, with his planes parked wing-to-wing on the airstrips and his guards on the qui vive for saboteurs...
...Navy (and Washington) failed to inform Short when, "on or about Nov. 25," intelligence sources reported the presence in the Marshall Islands of a large part of the Jap fleet. The Navy failed to inform Short that it had sunk a Jap submarine in outer Pearl Harbor at about 6:30 a.m. on Dec. 7-a sure sign that attack was imminent...
Days before the attack, Jap midget submarines operated inside the Pearl Harbor nets, plotting the mooring locations of U.S. battleships...