From: Tokyo
To: Manila
1 September 1941
(Purple)
#279 (?)

Strictly confidential.

 

In regard to the points you were to note, from now on in case there is no special change, report once a week, but report each change of the following as they occur:

 

1. Arrival and departure of Houston.

 

2. Arrival and departure of more than 5 or 6 destroyers or submarines.

 

3. Arrival and departure of naval ships other than American; (report in detail the particulars and relationships involved).

 
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JD 1: 5037                               (H) Navy Trans. 9-11-41 (6-AR)

 

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