Midway Inquest: Why the Japanese Lost the Battle of Midway

Appendix B. SRMN-012, Traffic Intelligence Summaries, pp. 499–505

a p p e n d i x b srmn-012, traffic intelligence summaries, pp. 499–505 The SRMN-012 Traffic Intelligence Summaries of radio intercepts at Hawaii for June 4, 1942 (pp. 499–505) are reproduced in this appendix. As discussed in chapter 5, one of the log entry summaries (the one for 0447) has been cited as proof that Admiral Nagumo received the crucial Tone 4 sighting report before 0745—contradicting Nagumo’s (and my) claim of an 0800 receipt time. My view is that these summaries were sloppily rendered, and some are patently inaccurate—making them extremely unreliable . Therefore, the summary in question should be given little or no weight to impeach Nagumo’s claim of an 0800 receipt time. But because of the central importance of this issue, these summaries are made available in this appendix so readers can make their own judgment as to the reliability of the summary in question. (Note that there is no page 503. It was a duplicate of page 502, and has been omitted.) 330 appendix b Page 1 of 6 499 SRMN-012, Traffic Intelligence Summaries, pp. 499–505 331 Page 2 of 6 500 332 appendix b Page 3 of 6 501 SRMN-012, Traffic Intelligence Summaries, pp. 499–505 333 Page 4 of 6 502 334 appendix b Page 5 of 6 504 SRMN-012, Traffic Intelligence Summaries, pp. 499–505 335 Page 6 of 6 505 ...