Jap Admiral Denies 'Winds' Message Sent News Article

Jap Admiral Denies 'Winds' Message Sent News Article

Date
Language English
Collection C.W.J. Phelps Collection
Box Box 2
Folder Second Phelps Scrap Book
Repository University of Virginia Law Library
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Reports on the testimony given by Admiral Shigetaro Shimada who denied that "the disputed 'winds' message had ever been sent and further asserted no such plan to notify the Japanese fleet of a rupture of Japanese-American negotiations had ever existed." Goes into detail regarding the naval negotiations between the United States and Japan leading up to Pearl Harbor. A brief news wire service article announces "a new Pearl Harbor investigation" to be conducted by "the Senate War Investigating Committee."