December 7, 1941

1800 EST

NBC Blue

New Friends of Music (3:20)

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0:00 War bulletins: Repeat of attacks on Hawaii and American shipping off San Francisco. Flash just received says Japanese are now bombing British naval bases. Probably heavy loss of life in Hawaii, including 350 at Hickam Field. Civilians were hit by enemy strafing. Unconfirmed reports are that the planes came from two enemy aircraft carriers. Manila bulletin may have been in error, but the area is under censorship. Repeat of KGB report earlier in the day. A high school in the city was converted into a hospital to care for the wounded. 3:39: Special broadcast from Manila (7:03 a.m. in Manila): Bert Silan confirms that the bombing of Manila was erroneously reported. Security update. Some form of martial law will be declared. Repeat that Japanese announces state of war with U.S. and Great Britain. No messages in code may be sent from the Philippines. Honolulu was the last place people expected to be attacked. Attack was likely to prevent U.S. from interfering with a Japanese invasion of Thailand. MacArthur refused to make any statement so early in the day. 8:35: Program: NBC joins the program already in progress. The Gordon String Quartet plays from Town Hall in New York City. 12:19 (6:12 p.m. EST) Program interruption: H.R. Baukhage from Washington: Press Secretary Steve Early said that an unidentified squadron of airplanes was sighted over Guam. Governor Poindexter then confirmed that the damage in Hawaii has been great. Perhaps there has been no raid in Manila. The Secretary of State issued a statement earlier. 16:08: program resumes with music in progress. There are no further interruptions.