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.)