CITIZENS AID COMMITTEE (TO AID AMERICAN TAXPAYERS) March 6, 1967 Admiral Husband E. Kimmel 193 Plant Street Groton, Connecticut 08340 Dear Admiral Kimmel: Thanks for your welcome note of February 22. As the years pass my memory maybe somewhat faulty. But I remember well the incident about which you inquire. About 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 6, 1941, I walked into the Royal Air Force Headquarters in Cairo. Air Marshal Lonmore (spelling) who was then in Command of RAF Middle East sa [was] at his desk. Immediately, he opened with: "Bonner, you will be in the war in 24 hours". He continued: "We have a secret signal Japan will strike the US in 24 hours." I replied the Japanese were having a free hand in the Orient and it would not be to their advantage to strike the US. We had a con- versation of some minutes. It was clear the Air Marshal was confident the attack would be made and he was elated that at long last the US would be in the war. I had been in Egypt for about 15 months. During that time no word what-so-ever had been sent to me from G-2 that Japanese-American relations were strained. All evening I toyed with the idea of send- ing a dispatch to Washington relaying the Air Marshal's statement. Finally, I decided that if the British knew of the attack, we also knew of it - which of course was the truth. Also I reasoned that if the report were false I would be in quite a pickle. Had I then known what I later learned, I would have alerted Washington, Panama, Pearl Harbor, and the Philippine [s] - come what may! I truly made a horrible mistake which I'll regret to the end. How Treasonous of FDR - My God. page 2 The day FDR died I rode home with General MacArthur. We talked of those who had disappeared from the scene since the war started, espe- cially of FDR. As MacArthur got out of the car, he turned toward me and said: "Well the old man has gone - a man who never told the truth if a lie would suffice!" With kind regards always, Bonner Fellers National Chairman