:01:32
Where is our navy?
:01:34
Three months have passed
:01:35
since the tragedy
at Pearl Harbor...
:01:37
1 2 die as Jap submarines
strike near San Francisco.
:01:41
Committee demands probe
of navy failure to fight.
:01:46
Where is our navy?
Why doesn't it fight?
:01:51
We cannot
answer that question.
:01:53
We must force ourselves
not to listen to it.
:01:56
We do not intend
to tell theJapanese
:01:59
how badly our navy
was damaged at Pearl Harbor.
:02:02
Since December the 7 th,
:02:04
our prewar strategy
is useless.
:02:07
The defense
of the Aleutians
:02:08
and our Pacific Coast
with the Hawaiis
:02:11
at the apex
of the Triangle
:02:13
is almost impossible
:02:14
with what remains
of our navy.
:02:16
But we are not considering
a defensive campaign.
:02:19
You all realize
:02:21
I'm indulging in
no false heroics
:02:23
when I say
:02:25
our only hope
of evading destruction
:02:27
is to destroy
the enemy.
:02:29
TheJapanese have won
:02:30
a quick and staggering
succession of victories.
:02:33
They're aiming now
at the final knockout--
:02:36
the capture
of Pearl Harbor.
:02:38
To accomplish this,
:02:39
they must first
take Midway.
:02:43
If they are permitted
:02:44
to choose the time
and conditions of attack,
:02:47
we haven't
much of a chance,
:02:49
but if we can trick them
into meeting us
:02:53
when they think
we are weak,
:02:55
we then have a chance
:02:57
of cutting their navy
down to our size