From: Tokyo (Matsuoka)
To: Singapore
May 16, 1941
PA-K2
#120 (Strictly Secret)

 

According to a telegram from our consul in Colombo, a New York Reuters dispatch states that it is reported that the United States has already stationed a fleet in the Indian Ocean. Please pay great attention to the movements of American warships.

 
ARMY 19894                                            Trans. 7/23/41 (6)

 

(EXHIBITS OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 2 JAPANESE MESSAGES CONCERNING MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, SHIP MOVEMENTS, ETC.)