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.)