Hart Investigation - Exhibit 30

March 16, 1944

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EXHIBIT No. 30 (HART INQUIRY)

16 MARCH 1944.

From: Vice Admiral P. N. L. Bellinger, U. S. Navy. To: Admiral Thomas C. Hart, U. S. Navy, Retired, Examining Officer. Subject: Verification of testimony given by Vice Admiral P. N. L.

         Bellinger, U. S. Navy, before an examination re Japanese attack 
         on Pearl Harbor, T. H., on 7 December 1941, ordered by SecNav   
         Confidential Precept dated 12 February 1944.

Enclosure: (A) Transcript of testimony.

Transcript of my testimony before you on 15 March 1944 is returned here with. I hereby state under oath, the oath given me at said examination recognized as still being binding, that I have read said testimony and pronounce it correct.

N. L. BELLINGER.