From: Honolulu
To: Tokyo
November 28, 1941
J-19
#238
Military
report:
(1)
There are eight "B-17" planes at Midway and the altitude range of
their anti-aircraft guns is (5,000 feet ?).
(2)
Our observations at the Sand Island maneuvers are:-number of shots-12; interval
of flight-13 seconds; interval between shots-2 minutes; direct hits-none.
(3)
12,000 men (mostly marines) are expected to reinforce the troops in Honolulu
during December or January.
(4)
There has usually been one cruiser in the waters about (15,000 feet?) south of
Pearl Harbor and one or two destroyers at the entrance to the harbor.
ARMY 25928 JD-7212 Trans. 12-8-41 (7)
(EXHIBITS
OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 2 JAPANESE MESSAGES CONCERNING MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS, SHIP MOVEMENTS, ETC.)