DECEMBER 6, 1941.
Memorandum for the Chief of Staff:
Subject: Estimate of Japanese Air and Ground Forces in Indo-China, Hainan and Formosa.
1. Indo-China.
Japanese troops in the theater......................... 125,000
In the North .............................. 25,000
In the South .............................. 82,000
On ships in harbors ....................... 18,000
Total ..................................... 125,000
(Other troops, number unknown, are in transit toward Indo-China,
south of Shanghai)
Planes (bulk in the south) ........................ 450
2. Hainan.
Japanese troops ....................................... 50,000
Planes (approx.) ...................................... 200
3. Taiwan (Formosa).
Japanese troops ....................................... 40,000
Planes (approx.) ...................................... 400
4. Basis of the foregoing: Reports by M. I. D., O. N. I., State Department and British Intelligence.
SHERMAN MILES,
Brigadier General, U. S. Army,
Acting Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2.
Distribution:
Secretary of War.
Assistant Chief of Staff, WPD.
(EXHIBITS
OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE, PHA, PT. 14, EXHIBIT NO. 33 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
ESTIMATES PREPARED BY G-2, WAR DEPARTMENT)