:52:02
These measures should be
carried out...
:52:05
...so as not to alarm
the civil population...
:52:07
...or disclose intent. By order
of General George C. Marshall. "
:52:12
Not to alarm the civil population.
:52:16
What do you make of it?
:52:21
If you ask me, sir, it's double talk.
:52:26
But the chief of staff doesn't go in
for double talk.
:52:31
- We're going on alert.
- Again?
:52:33
But the men are confused.
So many alerts.
:52:36
- Damn it, unconfuse them.
- Yes, sir.
:52:41
"Japanese forces may attack
the Philippines...
:52:43
...Thailand, the Kra Peninsula
and Borneo.
:52:47
This dispatch is to be considered
a war warning. "
:52:54
Well, there it is, gentlemen.
:52:58
You now have
as much information as I do.
:53:01
That's the second warning
in three days.
:53:03
"Japanese forces may attack
the Philippines...
:53:06
...Thailand, the Kra Peninsula
and Borneo. "
:53:08
They don't mention us.
:53:10
That's correct. I think it should be
considered significant.
:53:15
Well, gentlemen...
:53:17
...we have a job to do.
:53:20
Washington wants us to send
a squadron of fighters to Midway.
:53:24
And another squadron to Wake.
:53:27
When can you sail?
:53:29
Well, the Enterprise can sail
tomorrow morning.
:53:35
I'll need a day or two. We're just
completing repairs on the Lexington.
:53:39
Hurry things along, John.
:53:41
I want you out there to probe.
:53:43
I want planes up in the air
morning and afternoon.
:53:46
I want a report on any sign
of hostile ships.
:53:50
Understood.
:53:51
Do you want battleships along?
:53:53
Hell, no. They're too slow.
:53:55
If we're gonna probe, let's probe.
:53:57
We don't want anything holding us up.
:53:59
You're right, but I'm not ready
to commit them myself.