Hart Investigation - Exhibit 33

April 5, 1941

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EXHIBIT NO. 33 (HART INQUIRY)

5 APRIL, 1944.

From: Commander Joseph J. Rochefort, USN To: Admiral Thomas C. Hart, USN (Ret), examining officer. Subject: Examination to record and preserve testimony pertinent to the

         Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, ordered by 
         Secretary of the Navy's confidential precept dated 12 February 
         1944.

Inclosure: (A) Record of testimony given by Commander Joseph J. 

           Rochefort, USN, on March 28, 1944, the seventeenth day of 
           subject examination.

Enclosure (A) is returned herewith. Recognizing that the oath given me on the seventeenth day of subject examination is still binding, I hereby state I have read over the testimony given by me on the seventeenth day of said examination and pronounce it correct.

JOSEPH J. ROCHEFORT.