Waking The Sleeping Giant At Pearl Harbor: A Case For Intelligence And Operations Fusion
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Historians have shown that the United States military possessed the intelligence to indicate an impending attack on Pearl Harbor. However, the ability to respond to the attack depended on two things: early warning, and effective defense planning. In 1941, radar—the primary means of early warning—remained a new technology. Radar proved to be effective and correctly detected the incoming attack but lacked the ability to discriminate between friendly or enemy aircraft. This monograph has particular significance given today’s concern in America regarding homeland defense, since the lessons learned from analyzing the cause of the successful Pearl Harbor attack will offer insight to planners working on modern-day concerns like potential terrorist attacks against the United States involving chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons. By determining whether poor planning or lack of early warning and response capability led to the tragedy of Pearl Harbor, this research will contribute to modern efforts to prepare for homeland defense.
Major Blanca Reyes
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Waking The Sleeping Giant At Pearl Harbor - Major Blanca Reyes
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WAKING THE SLEEPING GIANT AT PEARL HARBOR: A CASE FOR INTELLIGENCE AND OPERATIONS FUSION
By
Major Blanca Reyes
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS 4
ABSTRACT 5
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 5
ACRONYMS 6
Military Rank Structure – Army Grade/Rank 8
INTRODUCTION 10
Methodology 13
U.S. WAR PLANNING 15
The Colored War Plans 16
Rainbow War Plans 19
OAHU DEFENSE PLAN 23
PRE-WAR U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 31
Intelligence Groups in Hawaii 31
Navy Intelligence Organizations 32
Army Intelligence Organizations 32
Federal Bureau of Investigation 34
State Department 34
Office of the Coordination of Information 36
Sources of Information and Intelligence 36
WAKING THE SLEEPING GIANT – THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR 41
CONCLUSION 45
Findings 45
Implications 47
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 49
BIBLIOGRAPHY 50
ABSTRACT
Despite the fact that for many years the United States conducted detailed planning the Japanese were still able to conduct a successful attack at Pearl Harbor. The 1907 war scare with Japan led to the initiation in America of war planning against the threat of Japanese aggression, and the establishment of a standing American capability at the Army War College, where each year students critically analyzed and recommended updates to standing defense plans. Based on these strategic plans, the Hawaiian Department implemented and developed Joint defense plans for Oahu.
Historians have shown that the United States military possessed the intelligence to indicate an impending attack on Pearl Harbor. However, the ability to respond to the attack depended on two things: early warning, and effective defense planning. In 1941, radar—the primary means of early warning—remained a new technology. Radar proved to be effective and correctly detected the incoming attack but lacked the ability to discriminate between friendly or enemy aircraft. This monograph has particular significance given today’s concern in America regarding homeland defense, since the lessons learned from analyzing the cause of the successful Pearl Harbor attack will offer insight to planners working on modern-day concerns like potential terrorist attacks against the United States involving chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons. By determining whether poor planning or lack of early warning and response capability led to the tragedy of Pearl Harbor, this research will contribute to modern efforts to prepare for homeland defense.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to sincerely express my gratitude to my monograph director, Dr. Mark Calhoun. He helped me organize my thoughts and provided honest feedback. I would also like to thank my seminar leader Col Craig Aitchison for his guidance, mentorship, support, and for helping me believe in myself. I am forever grateful for the countless hours Dr. Alice Butler-Smith spent mentoring me and helping me overcome my grammatical shortcoming. Finally, the production of this monograph would not be possible without the support of my family. I owe my husband and daughters the utmost gratitude and appreciation for their continued love, sacrifice, and for their unconditional support. I would also like to thank my parents, Rosa and Agustin Vera, and my sister, Jackie Vera, for their patience, support, and understanding.
ACRONYMS
ACW—Aircraft Control and Warning
AIC—Army Air Corps
AWS—Army Warning Service
CIA—Central Intelligence Agency
CINCLANT—Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command
CINCPAC—Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet
CINCUS—Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet
CNO—Chief of Naval Operations
COI—Office of the Coordination of Information
COM-14—14th Naval District
DHS—Department of Homeland Security
DIO—Navy District Intelligence Office
FBI—Federal Bureau of Investigation
G-2—Army Intelligence Division
G-5—Army War Plans Division
IJN—Imperial Japanese Navy
JCFDP—Joint Coastal Frontier Defense Plan
J-Series—American Term for group of Japanese code
J-19—American term for Tsu code; code was assigned to Japan’s Honolulu consulate for its radio communication with Japan
MAGIC—American term for all Japanese diplomatic codes and cipher
MI-8—Military Intelligence, Section 8- Signals Intelligence
MID—U.S. Army Military Intelligence Division
ONI—Office of Naval Intelligence
OP-16—Office of Naval Intelligence
OP-20—Office of Naval Communication
OPNAV—Office of Naval Operations
Orange—U.S. code term for Japan
PURPLE—American term for the top priority Japanese diplomatic cipher
SIS—Signal Intelligence Service
Military Rank Structure – Army Grade/Rank
Pay Grade—Abbreviation—Title
W-1—WO1—Warrant Officer
CW-2—CWO2—Chief Warrant Officer 2
CW-3—CW03—Chief Warrant Officer 3
CW-4—CWO4—Chief Warrant Officer 4
CW-5—CWO5—Chief Warrant Officer 5
O-1—2LT—Second Lieutenant
O-2—1LT—First Lieutenant
O-3—CPT—Captain
O-4—MAJ—Major
O-5—LTC—Lieutenant Colonel
O-6—COL—Colonel
O-7—BG—Brigadier General
O-8—MG—Major General
O-9—LTG—Lieutenant General
O-10—GEN—General
Special—GA—General of the Army
Military Rank Structure – Army Grade/Rank
W-1—WO1—Warrant Officer (No longer in use)
CW-2—CWO2—Chief Warrant Officer 2
CW-3—CW03—Chief Warrant Officer 3
CW-4—CWO4—Chief Warrant Officer 4
CW-5—CWO5—Chief Warrant Officer 5
O-1—ENS—Ensign
O-2—LTJG—Lieutenant Junior Grande
O-3—LT—Lieutenant
O-4—Lt. Comdr.—Lieutenant Commander
O-5—Comdr.—Commander
O-6—CAPT—Captain
O-7—Rear Adm.—Rear Admiral (Lower Half)
O-8—RADM—Rear Admiral (Upper Half)
O-9—ADM—Vice Admiral
O-10—ADM—Admiral Chief of Naval Operations/Commandant CG
O-10—FADM—Fleet Admiral (Special)
INTRODUCTION
Increasingly strained diplomatic relations between Japan and the United States throughout the first decades of the twentieth century culminated in the Japanese attack against Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Japan and the United States had enjoyed mutually beneficial diplomatic and trade relations for decades, but tensions started to mount in the early 1930s. President Theodore Roosevelt brokered in 1905 the peace treaty that concluded the Russo- Japanese War, with terms that favored Japan.{1} The United States and Japan maintained a good diplomatic relationship for several more years, illustrated by their Commerce and Navigation Treaty of 1911- a vital treaty for Japan