From: Batavia (Ishizawa)
To: Tokyo
August 28, 1941
Purple
#895
(Secret outside the
department.)
Re my #77 [a].
The large transport planes
turned out to be two DC 5's of KUNIRUMU. [b] Now, according to a newspaper
report, the KUNIRUMU [b] Company owned planes are:
5 of the DC 5 type
3 of the DC 3 type
3 of the DC 2 type
14 Lockheeds
2 of the Sikorsky S 43 type
2 of the Guranmen [b] G. E. 21 type
1 De Haviland Dragon
2 of the Fokker EHS 7 type
2 of the Fokker LHU 12 type
And it is understood that
the Kacfueru [b] EMU has 4 of the DC 3 type.
While the Java class
Cruiser was still at anchor in Puriooku [b] harbor, on the morning of the 27th,
one destroyer of the Bankerutu [b] class entered port.
ARMY 21721 Trans. 9/3/41 (5)
[a] Not available.
[b] Kana spelling.
(EXHIBITS OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 2 JAPANESE MESSAGES CONCERNING MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, SHIP MOVEMENTS, ETC.)