From: Manila (Nihro)
To: Tokyo.
25 October 1941
(Purple)
#711
1. The REI* and one
destroyer left during the morning of the 25th. Destination is not known.
2. Ships in port are the
following:
a. Manila.
TON*
MADDO*
CHESTER
BUKKU*
BERU*
ROYGXOMU (?)
HON*
5 destroyers
11 large submarines
5 small submarines
b. Cavite.
PASU* (under repair)
2 destroyers
3. There are indications
that all of the vessels are to be repainted into an ash color (almost a grey).
the TON* and one destroyer have already been repainted.
JD-1: 24182 (D) Navy Trans. 10-29-41 (6-AR)
*Possible equivalents for these abbreviations are:
REI-Langley
TON-Houston
MADDO-Marblehead
BUKKU-Black Hawk
BERU-Isabel
HON-Heron
PASU-Canopus
(EXHIBITS OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 2 JAPANESE MESSAGES CONCERNING MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, SHIP MOVEMENTS, ETC.)