Husband E. Kimmel 1882 1968 American admiral and Commander of the Pacific Fleet when it was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl harbor Kimmel was consequently dismissed. He fought the charges for years claiming that Roosevelt had prior knowledge of the attack Als I p. 4to Groton, June 20 1958 to Mr Thompson sending copies of correspondence attached between K el and Congressman Cannon an J. Edgar Hoover The letter to Cannon unsigned demands the name of a man who testified that Kimmel and Army Gen Waiter Short were not on speaking terms prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, and in the letter to Hoover unsigned Kimmel requests information on the same testimony Fine