* Officials Say Knox j
1 Knew Of Pearl
Harbor Attack
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12—(/Pi
General Marshall testified he was j
convinced early in August 1941,
that a Pacific war was inevitable!
and he knew that United States'
i
was not ready for it. General j
Marshall began the sixth day of ■
his testimony after the Senate and!
House committee learned of a
Navy officers purported prediction
to Secy. Knox on December 7, 1941
that an intercepted Tokyo mes
sage meant a “surprise attack on
Pearl Harbor today, possibly at
mirinight to attack Manila.”
Hitherto the “top secret” report
of the Army inquiry board. An
other naval officer quoted Capt.
► Alwin Kramer as having said in
1943 that he sent a notation to this
effect to Knox. It went with the
Tokyo message instructing Jap
“peace” envoys here to deliver the
diplomatic reply by one p.m. EST
December 7. There was no indica
tion in the report when Knox re
ceived the notation, if he received
it at all.
Byrnes Leaves For
» Moscow Meeting
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12—(/Pi
Secretary Byrnes left by plane for
Moscow where he plans to tackle
half a dozen critical issues upon
which Big Three cooperation is
stalled. Among these are atomic
energy and the eventual European
» peace conference.
Secretary Byrnes’ plane left at
9:20 a.m. EST. Gen. Eisenhower,
Army Chief of Staff, surprised
the secretary by showing up un
expectedly to tell him goodbye.
The flight schedule calls for get
ting Byrnes to Moscow in time
for the first meeting Saturday
with Molotov and Bevin.
Explorations Hint
Siberia Home Of
American Indians
LONDON, Dec. 12 — (/?) — The
Soviet radio said that a sc:entific
expedition in Chupopka peninsula
reported that explorations indi
cated that the American Indians
originally came from that remote
Siberian area. The Chukopka pe
ninsula is directly across the Ber
ing sea from Alaska.
The report by Professor, Georgi
Dibets said the exploration of the
sites of ancient settlements on the
peninsula disclosed signs of cul
tures very similar to those on the
American Arctic coast.
• All Dachau Camp
Leaders Convicted
DACHAU, Dec. 12—(/P)—All 40
of the defendants in the Dachau
atrocity trial were convicted by
the U. S. military government
court participation in the cruel
ties which made this one of the
Nazis most notorious concentra
tion ^amps.
Brig. Gen. Lentz was president
0 of the eight officer court and said
the convicted men would be sett
le tenced tomorrow. The court delib
^ erated ninety minutes.
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