Hart Investigation - Exhibit 37

April 17, 1944

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EXHIBIT NO. 37 (HART INQUIRY)

                                      MAKALAPA HEADQUARTERS,
                                      Pearl Harbor, T. H., 17 April 1944.

From: Rear Admiral Howard F. Kingman, 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.

Enclosure: (A) Record of testimony given by Rear Admiral Howard F. 

           Kingman, USN, on April 17, 1944, the twenty-ninth day of 
           subject examination.

Enclosure (A) is returned herewith. Recognizing that the oath given me the twenty-ninth day of subject examination is still binding, I hereby state Page 561

I have read over the testimony given by me on the twenty-ninth day of said examination and pronounce it correct.

                                                       /s/ H. F. Kingman. 
                                                           H. F. KINGMAN.