16 Facts About Henry Clausen

Henry Christian Clausen was an American lawyer, and investigator.

Henry Clausen authored the Clausen Report, an 800-page report on the Army Board's Pearl Harbor Investigation.

Henry Clausen traveled over 55,000 miles over seven months in 1945, and interviewed nearly a hundred personnel, Army, Navy, British and civilian, as a Special Investigator for the Secretary of War Henry L Stimson carrying out an investigation ordered by Congress.

Henry Clausen had been the Trial Judge Advocate for the Army at the court martial of Army inspectors for fraudulent inspections of aircraft engines at the Wright Aeronautical engine manufacturing facility in Lackland, Ohio.

Henry Clausen was a Republican like Stimson, who Clausen regarded as "a man of truly heroic stature".

Henry Clausen wrote about Congressman's Gearhart's attack on him during the Congressional Hearing that "I was a Republican myself, and a fiscal conservative, too".

Henry Clausen appeared before the Congressional Hearing, and was asked to show Congressman Murphy his Summary exhibit of Far Eastern documents, as Congressmen Ferguson and Gearhart who were in the "Kimmel camp" had held onto the two copies sent to the Committee to prevent other members seeing them.

Henry Clausen had an authorising letter from Stimson informing witnesses he had the necessary clearances to require their cooperation, but he was often lied to until he produced copies of about 40 top secret 'Magic' decrypts, to prove he had the proper clearance.

Henry Clausen wore the decrypts in a self-destructing bomb pouch to satisfy security concerns.

The next morning Colonel Bratton arrived later on Sunday morning than he initially claimed during testimony and, Henry Clausen concluded, invented a story about not being able to get in touch with Marshall which "nearly destroyed" Marshall.

Henry Clausen saw the cause of being caught unprepared during the Pearl Harbor attack, as due both to having two separate commands at Pearl Harbor, and to having two separate Intelligence organizations in Washington and elsewhere, and so welcomed the combination of the Navy and Army efforts by Truman.

Henry Clausen says that the breach of Magic security in the White House was that Magic documents were found in the desk of Roosevelt's military aide Maj.

Henry Clausen disapproves of the policy amongst the cryptographers, and senior officers like Marshall, to lie under oath during the various investigations to keep Magic secret, but sympathizes with the quandary those officers faced in practice.

Henry Clausen was responsible for distributing MAGIC information to the President; though unlike the Army he had no relief officer.

Henry Clausen achieved the 33rd Degree of the Scottish Rite, the highest obtainable rank within the organization.

Henry Clausen played a pivotal role, serving as both Grand Master of California as well as Grand Commander of the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction, of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.