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.)