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.)