Hart Investigation - Day 16

March 27, 1944

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE HART INQUIRY MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1944 SIXTEENTH DAY NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C. The examination set at 10:08 a. m. Present: Admiral Thomas C. Hart, U. S. Navy, Retired, examining officer, and his counsel and assistant counsel. Ship's Clerk Charles O. Lee, U. S. Naval Reserve, took seat as reporter and was warned that the oath previously taken was still binding. The record of proceedings of the second through the fifteenth days, both inclusive, of the examination was read and approved. The examining officer read and received in evidence a copy of a letter, dated 22 March 1944, from Admiral Thomas C. Hart, U. S. Navy, Retired, examining officer, to Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, U. S. Navy, Retired, informing him of the adjournment of the examination on March 27, 1944, to such places away from Washington. D. C., as pertinent witnesses may be found available, which places are now unknown, and of the examining officer's inability to inform him further of such times of meetings, appended hereto marked "Exhibit 31." The examination then, at 10:29 a. m., was adjourned to await the call of the examining officer.

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