ADVANCEMENT 
                                   OF 
                           REAR ADMIRAL KIMMEL 
                                  AND 
                           MAJOR GENERAL SHORT 
                           ON THE RETIRED LIST

                 Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
                        for Personnel and Readiness

                            December 1, 1995



CONTENTS

MEMORANDUM FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

Table of Contents .................................................... i

I. Introduction .................................................... I-1

II. The Personnel Actions ......................................... II-1

III. The Pearl Harbor Investigations ............................. III-1

IV. The Court of Public Opinion ................................... IV-1

V. Options for Further Action ...................................... V-1