Kimmel testified after the war that had he known of these communications, he would have maintained a much higher level of alert and that the fleet would not have been taken by surprise by the Japanese attack.
Kimmel afgav efter krigen vidneudsagn om at havde han kendt til disse telegrammer, ville han have opretholdt et langt højere beredskab og at flåden ikke ville være blevet overrasket af det japanske angreb.