Post-WWII - 1945, USA Investigation: Inside Information Disclosed In Pearl Harbor Testimony. Nov45

Post-WWII - 1945, USA Investigation: Inside Information Disclosed In Pearl Harbor Testimony. Nov45 Main title: Movietone News over peacetime montage. 10:20:42 Intertitle: Inside Information Disclosed In Pearl Harbor Testimony 10:20:49 MLS Adm. Richardson, former fleet commander, in hearing room to testify at Pearl Harbor Inquiry. MCU seated a microphone. 10:21:00 SOF: “The President stated that the fleet was retained in the Hawaiian area in order to exercise a restraining influence on the actions of Japan. I stated that in my opinion the presence of the fleet in Hawaii might influence a civilian political government but that Japan had a military government which knew that the fleet was undermanned, unprepared for war, and had no train of auxiliary ships without which it could not undertake active operations. The President then said: ‘I can be convinced of the desirability of returning the battleships to the west coast if I can be given a good statement which will convince the American people & the Japanese government that in bringing the battleships to the west cost we are not stepping backwards’.” 10:22:02 “Later, I asked the President if we were going to enter the war. He replied that if the Japanese attack Thailand or the craw peninsula, or the Dutch East Indies we would not enter the war. That even if they attack the Philippines he doubted whether we would enter the war. But that they could not always avoid making mistakes. & that as the war continued & the area of operations expanded, sooner or later they would make a mistake and we would enter the war.” Post-WW2 Congressional Committee On Pearl Harbor Hearings; 1940s; Inquiry; Investigation; Controversy;