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compared to the Pacific.

What are we, a fighting fleet,

or are these toy boats out here...

...so the Japs

can buy them at Christmas?

All right, Bill, now ease it off.

lt's not just you.

They asked for some

of our tankers too.

How do they expect to feed

these wagons...

...parked out here on

this land-locked duck pond?

You're still planning on rotating

half of them at sea?

l was.

Look, Kim, you've got to make them

understand what's going on out here.

l'm gonna do everything l can, Bill.

Even go to the president.

By God, l knew there was

at least one man...

...in this man's Navy

who hadn't gone nuts.

"Gandhi" is still in hiding, sir.

A strange man, he works in his

cabin like a hermit.

But he should be here.

Watanabe, go and ask him

to join us.

When "Gandhi" concentrates on

a plan, he is lost to this world.

Please don't bother me!

This is important...

...so l'm not going.

Genda's plan for attacking

Pearl Harbor...

...is foolproof. lt's brilliant!

He stresses the importance

of combat aircraft.

Just think of it.

We use six aircraft carriers...

...torpedo planes...

...high-level bombers, dive bombers.

Zero fighters for cover...

...go by the northern route,

use the new torpedoes...

...we attack on a weekend.

Genda has thought of everything...

...refueling...

...the weather...

And we go on to say,

"lt should be noted that Japan...

...has never preceded hostile action

by a declaration of war.

We have concluded it possible

that a fast-rated...

...Japanese carrier force may arrive

in Hawaii with no prior warning...

...from our intelligence service.

The most favorable time

to the enemy would be dawn.

He probably would employ

a maximum of six carriers...

...strike on a weekend.

- We recommend that the Air Corps-- "

- l read it.

Yes, sir.

l appreciate the work that you

and General Martin have put in.

These reports are very useful

to General Short and myself.

General Martin, you don't pull

any punches, do you?

"We recommend that the Air Corps...

...maintain a thorough

360-degree search...

...of the Hawaiian area during daylight.

This will require a force

of 180 B-17 airplanes."

We can't search the sea approaches

unless we have the planes, sir.

One hundred and eighty B-17s?

For God's sakes, that's more than

the number existing in the States.

lt looks fine on paper,

but that's not a paper fleet out there.

Squadron from the Enterprise.

Bill Halsey's working

the tails off his men.

Wish we had more like him.

Makes the most of what he's got.

Doesn't keep asking for the moon.

Well, not one bomb anywhere

near the target for the past hour.

Your pilots can see it, l suppose.

- Who's next?

- lt's Anderson, sir.

Now, that's more like it.

- Maybe your boys finally get it.

- l hope so, sir.

Who's next?

Lieutenant Dickenson.

Tell Lieutenant Dickenson for me...

...he couldn't hit a bull

in the butt with a bass fiddle.

Yes, sir.

Ten-hut.

- Carry on.

- Carry on.

This it?

Yes, sir. Our new radar.

lt's a remarkable

scientific achievement...

...capable of spotting an intruder

on the sea or in the air...

...and at quite a range.

Now, listen, colonel, as you know,

we're short on patrol planes.

We're gonna have to rely on this...

...thing to detect the enemy.

General, radar should do the job.

What's it doing here, not set up?

We're about to truck it up

that mountain.

That peak up there is the ideal spot

to put our main radar post.

At that height, we'd be clear

of all interference.

Obviously.

But, sir, we can't get permission

to put her up there.

Permission?

From the National Park Service

Department of lnterior.

See, all of this belongs

to the Hawaiian National Park.

The Hawaiian National Park?

Yes, sir. The Wildlife Preservation

Society is raising hell too.

And we can't get permission?

No, sir.

Not unless we want to fight them.

Fight them? You're damn right

we're gonna fight them.

- Now you make a note of that, Fielder.

- Yes, sir.

Wildlife Preservation Society.

l feel like a damn fool.

Without even consulting me...

...our Army has decided

to occupy lndo-China.

There is no hope for peace now.

l've said it before

and l'll keep on saying it...

...if we fight the Americans, we can't

stop at Hawaii or San Francisco.

We'll have to march

into Washington...

...and dictate peace terms

in the White House!

Army hotheads who speak so lightly

of war should think about that!

As l'm no longer Minister of the Navy,

l can do nothing.

l'm sorry.

Don't blame yourself.

The Army leaders are at fault, not you.

l must get back to the fleet.

There is a lot to be done.

lt's no use, Hal.

l spoke to General Miles.

He took it up with General Marshall.

The order stands.

The president is off the ultra list.

lncredible.

Withholding information

from the president.

Security found a copy of an intercept

in a waste basket at the White House.

Truth is, the brass don't trust

some men close to the president.

Does anyone trust anyone anymore?

- Do you even trust your own wife?

- Do you?

Come to think of it, l believe l do.

Part two of No. 1390, colonel.

Tokyo to embassies

in Washington and Berlin.

Thank you, Miss Cave.

The Japanese are moving south

to occupy French lndo-China.

- This is big trouble.

- Yeah.

Well, ultra list or not...

...someone has to tell

the president about this one.

"Therefore, we will impose

a full embargo...

...on all trade with Japan.

We do not anticipate immediate

hostile action by Japan...

...but you get this information...

...so you may take appropriate

precautionary measures."

"Appropriate precautionary measures."

What the hell does that mean?

Now, this is signed jointly

by General Marshall and Admiral Stark.

Until we know how the Japanese will react,

we're not gonna take chances.

- We go on full alert.

- Yes, sir.

Stark says they don't anticipate

hostile action.

Why send a warning at all?

Damn it.

Damn it, why can't Washington

give us the full inside story?

l'd sooner form my own opinion.

"Don't anticipate hostile action."

Well, all right, we'll go ahead.

lncrease air and sub patrols,

alert senior commanders.

Maybe out of this we can find out

how well we can function.

Kaminsky.

This is Captain Earle.

Going on full alert.

Yes, captain.

We're going on full alert.

Notify all ship, sub and air patrols.

What the hell is going on here?

What are you doing?

Carrying out orders.

General Short's concern is sabotage.

All aircraft not ready

for flight from now on...

...will be parked in the center...

...so they can be kept under guard.

Suppose there's an air raid.

They hit one plane,

and it all goes up in flames.

l'm sorry. General's orders.

Today's war games...

...of a theoretical attack

on Pearl Harbor...

...clearly show the need for

six carriers in the attack force.

The General Staff...

...wants to limit us to only

three carriers.

We must have six!

lf we reduce our striking force...

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