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~NED OPERATrONAL-~~~I~IGE:~YC~,E~~~C~EN~T~RE~;

WEEKLY SUMMIU'Y. NO, WSj23

(DlllHld 0Il intelligence "ecelveel up to0800K!ZOth Octoberl,

lIELBOURNE,20th October, 1941.

(0

Illmll••mNAA.011.0106

Note:~UnITY and R¥PRODUCTIO~

In view of t~e recent increased distribution

given to this. Most Secret doouroent, the system of ~lde~

lining certain seotions not to be reproducod has been

disoontinued as trom this issue.

It is remarked that some of the Inforn~t~on

oontained herein is obtained fNlm souroes ..hleh if

compromised could not be rep~.

In order to·ensure maximum seotu'ity, no

portion of this summary may be reproduoed Hithout

permission of the Director, C.O.I,C.

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MOST

E2.!l.,nn~ ~l'...lU'D I liQ.~:cl.(:~l.L.~~:~l!,~,>},.2..~~.

SECRE'l' (No portion, of this smnmal':!' is to be sn!I~':~_.2'5!..:.;;!3!.?..3..reproduced witho).!t permission of Director C. 0, r,cr.,

A. !USTRA:;:!'.:;;I;;:f-_S:::.'~l'A:::T",I;.;;O;::.N

\1S/22: 4 &; 5 1... CORAL SEA hAir Seal'ches .• Patrols of an are!' north ofA. C; H. Townsville Wiw'1fe'5Hdesextena'l:niF600 mUes west into the Ooral Sea

ll5~2/l2. were carried out on l3!lOby two Catalinas, c~e operating. 09142/.13 from and returning to Tuls.gi, the other operating from

201221.:1.3 Noumes. and retU1:'ning to Vlla. One ship was sighted and140~/13 .' identified. A furthel' pr, trcl of the shipping :tane in the2221Z/.13 New lTebrides area was curried out on 14/10 b~ one Oatalina.0840Z/13 operating from Vila. withne;i,atIve resultso

WS/22: AddendumO.O,I,S.02~lZ/13

Comment .. TheCH~ oper.ations wore based onD/P ?ntelligen~esUiOgeotl.ng th"t the transraisaion 011 la/Iv by anenem-y unit 'W~3S from the Chesterflel·1 Reef a:r'ea~

However 3 as p1~eitiously l'eported, A(l,-oJ.Pfl,l ty con'·~

sidered tIm source to have been So l) "Hoat in theAtlantic and upon "ecelpt of this b lvIee.searches were discontinued.

C.O.I.O.SJl1ne1.1~.OK714

3.S.O.20thMi>S~F,;,

0011Z/14

SOUTH li6AD &YPNEY (N.S,W) - Alleged Aircraft - Observersat Ewo 5aEfery lookouts-it Eouth'jJead reportei that at03~OK/14' a whitellght was observed for 10 mI1utes,appearIng intermittently in the slty at about 300 elevation,bearing 800 to 1000 from South Head. It move'l rapidly fromleft to right and :t'~nally disappeared. Berol'." durIng and20 minut",s after the livht .• theao o'bservers ,nO. others ofthe same battery heare: " sound they believed. to be that ofB.n a:1.rcl'aft engine ~ ~ebe sound we.xed and waned severaltimes as though an ail'oraf't were ciroling ove.' the sea.,and was audIble thro'l/::,hout. The report Is g" ,ded C4 toC5.There were no ssrvice or civIl aircraft in the ar",aa t the t 11116 •

. Comment ., A patrol moto"- boat WDS outsIde S,:C' ~ey Heads atthe tIme whl.ch might ",x-plain t);;.e so .'00. heard.

'l'he Ught sighting ie. not conslder",d sig­nifIcant for the following reasons;·(a) Only a wlli te lieht WEW. seen 6.nC at " very

low elevation and thIs did not app~""r toapproach Sydney Harbour althov8h seen for10 minutes;

(b) 'l'he lieht seen .was probably a star "nd movl.ngclouds might hlive giv"'tl the im')ress:ton of amoving light; .

(0) Gen",rally it has been noted thE t repol'ts ofthis ne.ture have ooincided. wI teo. the DJ.'r1.vf\lor departure of major trallsport;s;

(d) A sl.lnile.r unconfirmed repolC't r")f/l the samesource on 2.16 was grad",d D.5.

HOBART eTas.) • A12~rOs.c11 Chapne1 ,- FloatinAJi:tn~ - A float·,ing mine Was sunky H.>:.A.s."'"l..,TrH'GOw" ort T4/fO while sweep"'ing the Hobart appr'oach channel. The posl tIc:! of' t.he min",was 4i miles S.W. of' the TaS1l1an Is.land LightJ»use.

4 •!I, I. O.l\ABAUL

01202/18

5.Alrintel NoA,

0245Z/19

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I-'Hs~e 2.,MOE'r S?(;ftErp HS /23.. _~.,. __.,,,,__cJ_._A.'::':_

Com:ment - It 111111 be recl11e,d that I' lnine w,,~ lwept, up inthis' 8-res. last .J~.lnual';r» when a chonn·"l wv.scleared ,for sl:.dppingfol1owLJ[f, rnlde." uctj,ri·tyon thIs StatIo)). 1:; 'l'oulcl ",JpMJl' 1:1 ;ely thattlll.s latest '"ine belonged to the sam" fJeld.

iVN!'ER~'ALL BAY (New Brit~'n).....:..g;·,p12s~lS " N,.I 0" ":,baul. repoJ'ts that three eXl"Io:J1(ms ,..ere ne'>J"(f In N" ;erl'l1.Ll Bayon 16/10 between 0600K and O"l'1.5K. They "e,.e s l;U ted tfJl1s.ve originated t'rfJrn the d l.'"ection of the Sout:, end ofthe Bay and to have been close t0f:ethet'. '['lJe"'"port J,~

graded C 0 3 f ,w}th the 3U8{~p,$t1on that the e:~plo~dons wep6

PQssllily due totfej..smlc01Rt.ui:"uance or to rlsh,,~r"ftle!) usIngdynsmit e.

COIUlllent .. 'rhe lOl'ation"hich is H5 mnos sout.h of Rabe,ulon the id,. Co~,at of New Britain is n 8. \'I"Ll~

known volc8.nl.c area, 'fhIs fact and he rae,ent.. el'uptions !It Rubanl could sUPJ0J,'t b'l( first of

the abo1flleXplsnations. However, th, aHerna ..tIve Indichted by N.LO. Rabaul is c' nsid<>redthe more lIkel" explanation and tend:. to negal;'"v"the pos3ihl11t) of' the repori; hnvJt'l{j ~ny :'lostll-eal.?on if1 cance.

RUSSEr.L ISLANDS (Solomons) - Unidentlf:led Sh:tiJ ~3erlal No, 9:1Tlie Mes'fiiFOl' a smal:rsteamel' j~ eported 1lavi ng '-:een-a vee':;;'\:app,.oximately 15 miles sest of the extreme nort.h point ofthe R"tlsse:n Group ICape MaJ'sh) a.nd one mile rlhtant froll! tJm­selt at 0430L!17, steerinr.; east with a w11He 15ght showing,Neither mast nor superstructure were visible in the tracl': (,fthe moon. 'l'he vessel is unidentified an.rt Sel'H,l No.91 ho,sb&en issued.

Co_ent ..

S. L O.'l'ownsvllleor/25z/9

'.rhe posi tion gi·.en is approximately f.J-60 m:lle'west of Tula{si. 3.X.0. Townsville acvises that.the infor-munt is not considered ve.ry reliabl,,;also that as no supel'strllcture was sL..htefl in thBmoon's track from a dictqn.ce of one ",be t;b.....vessel s-1.~1hted'.'ms ;;,'(')"o93:1b1y a. nattve flsh:fr.g CEln'::J<;\with a kerosel1a ).i2ohl;. Some of thesn f'1 sLingcanoes whtch fpcquent thi ~ a!'ea are r)~jo.rt.ed tc 'l>:'50 feet long atVl mont of them earr.y n lIGht atnight.

On the othor hand, It is posslb].j th~t thecourse given is incorrect snd that t.ll" sl,Jltlngwas the "YlTNNAN" which left '1'u1a<;1 at 0814Z/1,6tor MtIdang and Yihlch ms~, have proc,eee;"d north ofthe nu3sell Isl"nds.

InvestIgations are proceeding, N I,D. TulaGil1s.ving been asked to ','eport the estin,." ted size ofthe ship$ie~hteCi and to confh'rn the c'JUrse elve",.

6.115/22 : 9DNl.Welll.ngtQn1532/11/17

111I-NAA.011.0108

13 ADJAGE'lj,TAREA8

(11 EAST of.}.l!.~U.s st.".t~:£

NUK1JFll'tA1,J (Elltc,,, Is.) • UI1\dent,lfleil A:lr •.,r-of!< .. Nithrei?erenceto .t:.110 report "O'r-n-lesr)?i11;;;g-o~jer-:~1.tkufetRuon2/10, D. ii. 1. Wel~InGtc~ su;:,£,/,sts that. the b.le •. r/ln. Inayh3,v6 been t'P(Hll tlie Sapape5e l\lrcrafr. (:Ul~1'"ler '1'l}\r;A'~,

Comment ,.. Nukufetau 18 barely wi tul.n t.he rsn, .,. of shore·based aircraft operating from tile ;;1).'"ha11s.However) as the .Jnpane,~e aircraft c':;'.l"roler- IfKAGA t~

and seaphme carrie'r "[(A!i()! ,. were !n'own to be Inthe jAurshnllsearly this [<lontll ltnd Ul N.Z. haveso far been unable to identIfy the sichtlne wI thany 1]. S. UirCi'oft, It is possibl e tLBt; nn airc1"l\ftfro:lTi 011e oftb.e currl,81-s icenticned Y,'!L9 respon3nJ'L~)

for the si,,,ht1ne.'I.'he lat:er description f'u~nishe6 {lIsms;.l

t1 yin" l,ou t" j is lJased en n nat j va r e port alldmay be intended to refer to a f}.on'·r1sne in whir;levent li.nothal" possibility is that ,'ec.'.>nn<lissnnc~,

....,HS beln~1 undertnken from t;he unldoLt.ifiedvessel sJ.r,hted later off ~:.W, 8''''01; (4/J.0\ and'f,.1~.,., ..Co,),)" JOll':l"'~ ("'/1 n'_~ ..t ........::. .. ~. v. .·~.._.... \I.:;;7 "1"

'; .DNI,Vlellington

172&14/10

SAMOA & lIIUAFOOn lS~nident1fied ~ f~!:.;"'91 .l:-t:.!2 - Anunlden€lflea hrce v""seJ""", 5:1.",),1:190 13J' C,)ust watehingstationll in :North 'Neet Sumos at )430Zj4 and b;r NlusfoouIsland.. 315 1>11165 north east of Suvu, Fijl at 004GZ!9 ..Desoription ,no 2sqU8.t funne.Js. 2 masts.Q strnitht OI)WZ p

cruiser stern, eross tl"ees. funnel painted bl.ck. hullIUrty ",hite. Gnded B.3.

Air search from 1"1.11 was unsuccessful. C in CU. S.Pacific Fleet stated no U.S. auxlUary or .,ner<:!1ant s1l1I'p11'2:wero in the area.

COllll!lent •. This :;V:ht1ng cannot. be 1.d'ntif1ed wI th /lny tl'.9)c,~-·

Pacific sailings of HI"1tish or allied shippingo'rhe followIng possible explanations are

submltt"d: ...(sl Japanese Merchant Ship returnlnf, to Jnpun direct

from (jape HOl'n. Although there 1 s no evidence h,,'sUf';(,;e3t that any particular Ja,'panese L1erdllmtship was nea!' the area a t the ~ime severlll ,Japan-­ese merchant shl.ps are known to ha 'Ie [>ll.~sed w:~ tLJn250 miles of Samoa last mCllth en :',"ute to ,lap""direct from the Born. There are still.. l'HlV$r8JJapanese ships on the South America" coast; and. i·,1s possible that ene has passed through this arellundetected.

(h) Sa from Mandates o.Iur3bal.13) ):n..\.6 connect on t s reltiIJ.'r. e )D.'t"'ttte aircrs.ft

stgl1tl.ngs from Nuku.f"tau on 2/10 In'(l still. un­identified. The"8 latest alshtlnbB "1'e "p;)r~'>c

4&0 u'Ue.s south east from lluku.fetau .md it 1";>oas1ble in view of the known presenoe of sevew,lJapanese aircraft carriers and auxiliaries in thBlIIer"ha.lls tho. t an ail.' a=lllal.'Y 118.$ been responsiblefol' all slp,ht.lng.s. aU.hougb such Q u"it would h,eexpected to operate beyopd view from land.

(e) f(a:lder - In 111'1'" of the "lr<:rnft slchtingslllen Honed in (b) and the known preaence of' atlenstone ra idel' In the Pacific, i j; is possIbletl:i&t the vesse). "U3 sn eneny nnlt wlich consider..ing Fiji~S"moa to be a fooa1 point for the raute­ini'. of' "hipping aeralls tt,e PacIfIc, wos pall'alU.ngin the lilreE\ whe.n s:l.f~hted" :It is l:.r,owTl tha.t some!"aIde!"s h,iVe lllil3queraded as 2 funnel ships. How,·<;I vel' , it is (Jitf'lcult to understand an enemy unit;l'iskingi tsel;!, so cl089 :;0 known BritIsh andAmerlc41n ap6r,~tional bases during daylIGht hoursave!" so long (l period unless as " ruse to drawattentIon to that area wh~le raider operatlallSwere t.Q be c()uducted elsawh.ere"

8>loDNL Welling ton

153211/17

BUTAfiITAIlI ii111b,irt Is.) ~ Sear)hglgbt ", It. 18 .reported1'rom Butlll'narr Ens t aeurChTrgnr' e".m;; vlel'e s.,en by na tJ. vesto southwar,l f()l' :several mInutes at 0730Z/JS/U). No vesselsa!"t:> known toha ve bee" In the vI cIn1 ty. The ",';l<lrt isgra..-ied C.. 3 ..

,YS/22 I 109.

\.10nlDlent ~ Butllrltarl i'l one of' the northernmost Is1ends of.the Gilbert GrOll}). It w111 be roc"Jled that therewas evidence of a Ceneral reconnaissance be ingcarriedollt la.3t .ruly by J'apQlese shore-b""',daIrcraft of the ne,~vy Bornher type o",r the nopU",rnIslands of the GUberta ilJ(lludlng Butar1till:'i.Since tl".len, .eli.ere bfl va been othel" reports of' U11.'­

identlf'led aJ.rcrllft in the area as follows -3),/8 Aircraft heurd over Apising;2/10 small t'l y inr; boa t s 11:hted fNrtl

NUkufetau. Graded C.3. (Para.? above)'1'his report could be linked with the 2 J'ulmelallip sic:htlng off' Samoa and Niuatoou (previouspal's.). Hawevor, in vlew of the known interestof' the JSjl&noetl 1n tbo Gilberts and the fact tlw.\:nume!"ous sr-.all cral't inclUding naval 8>:<"111,,r1e.are at present operatIng in tbe M"r8;,',;]ls, it 1ssuggested tha t some Japanese "uxU 1"":1 fpom theMarshalls la more likely to have beenrespon<ll.bl,'."

it.M. S. "ACHn.LES" - Interce~t1on of 20/9 ,. With reference tome Bupposea R.D.F, tr8n;,m~salon !"epo'rted by ILH.S. "i\CJITLf,I:8"on 20/9, investig.lltion now "hows that the ';'l'[mmnisslon wusdue to local interference on boa~do

v-8/22: 118 10.3.0.(r),Jamai.ca

1038R/18

H.\8/20 : SIb)I. O. I..SY.dney'.' 10/10141,

OVERDUE SlUPPING - The Panamsnian "NORSELAND" is now peportedto have arrived on 14/10 at Color., ,>'/101''1 she i" under repa·1.~.

Comment - This ship due at Balboa from Nawnea on 28/9 "aspreviously tholl"ht to be a posr>1lJle r,alder victim"

"DENBIGHSIlIllE" Sig4tin.lL£!l~/i - A repo!"t b;l sbeen .recei vaSor tile· suspIcious m· ii).!:')l e y "DENBIGHSnIHE" In poal tion14°52'8, 1290U'W at 140(/1,/23/9. Its tonnage is not estirns.tOld,but it was a cargo vessel of the three island t;)Jle,wlthr.sked stem, eru1sel' stern,. two masts 1Iith erosa,·trees, hel;v;vderl'1ek on t'o!"emaat. two samson posts f'arward 01" funnel,f\U1n/tl medium size, no gUll'visible and was painted darkcolour all over.

. The vessel was flying no f'lae; and was observed at dE

~nID_NAA.011.0110

break hend~ng N.N~E; lE· minutes late~ l~r CQ1rSB ~as ens!:~

:1-0 minutes later N~E; ;) n~lnutes later N,.N.,E~ Fj1d 20 m1.nuti;':$later her hull was down and sh€ appeB t"ed t~(J l}r t.\€HJ'iing B, S. W6

At no tlm.e did she appoE.p to ha'J6 wa'S \)l)on .hex'"

Ns!rna ;11" 12.N~Z/" .. ll')o<\02Z!15

DS/Ue : 4. (b 1A.II.L.O.Batavia

O;>25~/15

13.(1J

N,O~!,C~

WeUington).'7SSM/1S

Comxnent .. Possibly a ()ernan supply shIp.

H.M~3.. "ACRILLE.:S" • wir :'ntercept of 7/10 ,"' In reply toN" Z. N. B. r'S query l;'~·hefjJ.Hi::t:~trhi1:~t~~16!iTon"St-:.1p :t'our sh:tpimmediately - he:;;ve to or I ,,111 open fir,e" b'ar-d by Tl,M.:3,"ACHILLES" on 7/10 could have sor"e from the ~! E I , iLN.L,OHatavie hs.sr'eported tlwt the trf.il)Sm1Ssion wu,: probubly pin"tof B notice to HI r"~lner:s tw~nf In''()f1dcast fron; ;~oura.baya"

D/F IN7'H;LI.IGENCEWurth"r to theli/I' be&r'nt.s at 0140Kf;i3 lndle, tlng tb"probabilit,'l of s.n enemy unit bei.ng "pprox 400 miles N,W.ot Pitcairn 1"., loLZ. tl"ve advised II turtLer ·ix within300 miles i)f 1)081 tion 2(°e"J 12S..'JN on f::he 5f.!:·,Jf.1 (lsy .. 13th,,,

Comment - 'fhi" posl tion is "fOPI'OX COO mHe3 ;, E. of theother pos I tIon (<no app:rox ~,()O milen ef,s t ofPitcail'n Is. rt is hlcrlly, pt"obabltJ th!lt bothfixes relste to the same un:it.

(1i) Admiral ty advised the t ".n enecly,mit tJ:'lltlsmi t·:lng or; 5585Admty.0753A!13 r;/cs at ()242Z/1S ?las In approx pos:i VI On 450 S, 164°'" but

08;51A!lS later statlld that on further investIgation It was thol.lghtto have or.tcJ,nBt.ed from a U,·bDS,t In the E:ur-opnan ";rea,~

pas 9 Ibly Med tterranean,N.Z.N.B. reported t.he flxJ.nlO by b/l' of a GeT'([ian ~u('f,,~,

Ilnit at the same l:J.r,'6 11l ap.DT'ox. po:,1t.lon 42oS»uth, 1,620 'i,. to

Comment ,. As both timos coin~lde exact,ty It, w",uld appell.l'tbat the fixe" relate to the same ;.ldit ..1,1.chIIdl1l1ral t~ conaiders to be a 1f··,boat, ,n tbeEuropean area"

),4."L6 Trlomphant"

),62011/17,VS!2! : 6WS/22 12

.FREE FRENCH INlrE.l,r/IO.ENCT.~ '.,0 "LE ~cnImlf;.r'i'JArl~.rn '''' :}i1d.nrr t:.o fuelloU requirements -anilil,iilfIi'bTl1 ties tJieFree'rench Mgt\\":Cruiser "LE: THI0MPHAN'l'" has again s l1ghtl}' ll:.ter"d herprosral!llll't. She "ill not now c,,11 at naraton;ll a3 prev:",.:slyarranged, but has departed t'rom Suva for Bora Bora (Soc)..; iyta.) and Papeete.She ,.111 late1' probably ew'ort the "CA,PE$ PALMES" t'rom Papeete to Suva where ~-he is again expected~ater this month.

(ii) WEST of Australia St~~

15.

11)

(11)Adntty.1827A/

15

POSSIBLE RAIDER ACT1VI!CThere ill still 'no news of the "S.I}.EMiJIRIGOS" whicb has b8'snoverdue Oolombo since 2H!9.

A tUl'ther ship, "PACH'Ie" (2,800 tons, 1923) ·'"s report"d OJ]15/10 as overdue Colombo fl'om fId.en since 9!lO, ,'.d'!i.irall;:1'!ltated on the 15/10 that this ship W/i.'i vet':; on and flay s ';1J.la1'r1 ve. No advice of her arrival has yet beei 1 re'~eived,

F~EtC~B"

1948(51l

~.II_1IfNAA.011.0111

Comment - It: this 3t,to l.s a rul.der vi.otim it appel'lrsthat a rahler 'Was opeI'"'At1nF. in the i3..rablanSea. area e<Jrly this monthc

(111) NORTH of Australia Stilt.ion

16. VIC11Y FRENCH tlAHSHIPS .. 1'he delnili tl1rised Tichy !'renchllunboftt "FRANCOIS GA1iNJ15R" towed by the '''.lU,EREliX'' andllccolllpeniedtly the "Beryl" \'IllS she~terlnLj !It PortBayard On 1/10 en rollte for naiphong.

c,

1'7.

Admty.1216A/30/9

18.

(a)

Admty, 1827A/15

(b)

(e)

(OIc.Wellington173311/l3

,dIIlty.0'753A/13 .0856A/\3

ZIlB.234611/13

ENEMY V"HSllIPS 11< RtHDEilS (GEi'JSHAL)

'NARSHI PS ..,;. Noinformn t ion of major enemYiYll t di :..::pon t t:L ')rlBBas Seen t"ecelved >11nce laat week ~ 3 Sur,1m6PJ in WfiJ,ch lr.was reported that all main German un:J.t~l. e:',c-e!::>t thebruiser "Lli;IPZIO" wepe accounted fot" on 30l9~ ItL~~IFZ:U}!fNhich is believed tD have been in the Halt.::..', on 21/9,could h"ve l"eacberl the Indian Ocean Dr Sou:)) PacificOcean since trUit dDte~ 'l'hel"e 1.5 however. ~lO lntell:1:'senr~o

to sug[.est thn.. t this unlt has left f!;uropeaxl \1!dters ..

HAIDERS I GENE:HAL )

Atlantic Ocean .... Gunt! re wos liOi;ipd by "HfiOOMDAfE" on12/16 near Abrol has Hocks (!lraz 1l j. II, Wi.;;. "Jl1WiiINr;)jf,M"took up investl(;atioll, hut no fnrtk·r repo,,'t hos ho"nrece1ved~ 3 .. 3. ft,ilhi.fllnO,B,n (U .. ,';LA) has been Dverclue atCapetown from Trinidad "ince 2/l0. It is z:onsirle1'ed that.raider and U..boat ,,·r.. equally likely as an ""plsna t.1on.

Indian Ocean •. 'l'h8 fll.ct that the "S.O.lNUn'JCOs" hasl'al1ed to a 1'ri ve nnd a further unl t Is overdue str"ngtliensthe vie'" thet a raide,. is operating In tve Indian OMan andwas posaibly in the Arabian SF-a urea earl" this month.SUch a raider could tOW have reached the ""stern sectionof the Australis Station.

Pac!.!'!" Ocean " '1'be,." 1s stHl no report of Ii shilhaving been attacked since the nS11 va "lana" on tht Lr /\1.'!'he Panamanian ship "NORSE;LAh'D", prevl ousl y repor .,ed & soverdue at Balboa since 28/9 arrived at CoJon on 14/10.and as far as is known, no Pl!clfic shiPf'lnr Ie I"\OW overdueo

Intelligence of the PI.lst weel! confil" .1ng ,)r~3er.Ge

of enemy units in the PacIfIc Is as follm.s,--(1) D/F bearings indicating aI, ene",.)' unIt '''l1 13/10 1" (!le

vicinity of Pitcairn Island;(11) 'the si~htillS of an uriide.,t1fied l/lrge two 1'\.,,,,,,...

vessel off Samoa on 4/10 and off NUiafoou Is. on9/10, considered to be pOS~llly a raider or asupply ship with a dummy funnel.

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If the tw"('1 f"1.'111'S.~ ~j,td.p Is t~~1e;H:;mx ani +'. s i t~ c,()nft t'm3t.l'lfl p""llle,loe <:>t st,ea"t 2 e~lG'i.Y untt.., 1n the""'Jtel'.n""<ll!'ie 11, ,\ddttJ.on tn I)',e urd t nX<!ld h7 elF 1" tho roid,'racifl.e on c!.., i;'/1<).

Although ,.1')'" ,.,",-.el' eOlll.d ;'''''6 beet. l'<;"poIJaible forull reported aUJ,,,l<~ tn r.oo a'N'll to date OM .!lolll& of tJ:lf.lrecent report. 'M1Y con"~Jl"'n 9"1'1,1:; unit,,,. the pOlla1bl1H,yQf' 1;.0 ra14er$ oeine at pr68ent 1n the .1(,llt"rn Pllclfl,'<:l,1nnOt be ov'n'look"d"

The def'l'l~tllr•.)l'ee'"ernl enemy ~-r(~Mnt sh1p8 ft"i)iJl

;raparte 36 pOl.. t.3 curt n(; All.I:,ue t $J).(\ ;iepternIJe".... sni.~.:~,e st:;l Uc)\':'lposaibl11 ty of 3"'n" or tl'Jes6 no" 0p<lr1<l:ing 1)3 supplyShip:> to the 1'1<1<1(11' <>1' ,-(llder.. lit pl',,~enc in Hie Pac!!.'1""

An AppendIX aettl!'';; out such posslbll' supplj' aMps1s 'lHuchDd,

(dj QJ::..!'IT£RA;~ - Mmlr-41ty lJ!lS jlN'Vldlld ~he t"noll/in!; dl>llcrll'tlm,. or tbo' "S'l'IHr.:f(I\!I\R~" .vn~ ~h is probably Raider i;. lhll.d'll' r,

it wl1'1 be r-ecnl jed ha.:: pre~tj_{')1~~l~! bften ,~llrUYH~ted ~n -t;hia'HllI:ln&T':i ne po~.s1\> 1~· o,.,o!'"t' n>,: .II' the PHd n <'" (A;JyondLtA 11'3/19).Length 5-24 teet, 9,4\'."'; ton'll; f:tusll alld< f,'om r,rollk c<t1'Ol'6cQstle tl' ,";:~Il'~',; l'sl;r'd how, p:tc,bAbly half Cl"Uh,el'}>1111' Cou"t;er' "tern! :: tIlast.s, rair'l;i fat rom,,! '.l"ut"hd(,se abart.; equal''' or!d!;. SIlP~retT'uctul"e, 4 pall'.~tall typically Ge1"llIan MOll,,,O\) postll 2 fOl"wal'd :, aft bu~.

these prot.QnI)' N'rcollfld Ol:' cut dfl'lfn. tll11161"1l.A !mp"ensior,1:l1111llQ!' t,,", "t>WPl'U,A" I'l'alboto llo"tb l'iJ'!·') , 1k"SO),

D, f;;W~I,~Y L!~~!i:~_§~

See AppendiX At'", t, 1111~ of "11t!"'Y mfJrehsnt 3hlpll ·"h096I~·renrnt. ldlfSJ1'tlHbQU t3 p.J.rEe tlllkr't.lOin nrJd wh! (~h IlrF-i pl,)l' t.i lbl~l

Il'Uppl, ~ht'3 fo" l"ald.wft at. prolleot. ')jJlIr.. tlog In theho11'le •

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.l'AtAN·S 5OU','IM,J'lD i\l)lII1NCEI ,_

JarUl1. - 1]lhe foll of the Y,..on(JJ~ Cubhl6tl' ())"1 ],6/10, 'Nu8

III er,edly on !\ccount or the iOlOb111 ty t·" ngrae O!l qna tiol'llll "".tlcy tut ...ould "8all y 3f,em to he va b<JlIt1lleulled by the fDi l\lr~ or the Jupnnese • U. S, A, conver­sllt!ons in rhee or very h<tll.vy Gel"'"lln pre"aur... '!'hl> llewpremier Elke Tojo. ~ltholl(j\ le3$ "K&r~1531~e IndividullllythlUl ottl",!, 1"'<l.{11~i', ,r.,,;:>unese n:11tt""1I.lt~ • .tI,,_ " llumber' ofextreml"ts in th4 ue'.. CBl'l.not, Il.6 !lUg'il81>;,;,', 1.:<, tha C"LX .C.,..pp~ecllttion ot Gf'l.o on t::Jo 3'apnn"ae e! tMtiOX\. t.he fa.n,,:r the Konoye ll.dIo11nht.1'1l.t.1on et.rtlngt.;~:o"\;h'~ bll3'ld8 of t.heextremll1ta and lnQ~Uall.e8 th$ risk of war with thBDelllOin'ao.}.e8,.

T~1f~ - Tblre 1~ ooutinuo~ infiltration ot Japaueoo..n .• t8&~d that further dll11llUldll llIlly elllbrol1'l'baU.and mil Japan, . It hrepol't:ed that: the ThaiGeve.l'l\lMlnt hae M.fualld lapane•• Nquellta to 1111lt:.lwbarr-g. accommodation at five Thai portll and to erect1IbarvtI1 and dock::s at a.ogJcoko

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A. t.DIU'1f;ln;0500Z 20 9

Most s&Cretsouroes

Col portueuese Timor .. '.rhe fapElnese Fl~ing Boat arrived at(i) nun·· (m - lS;10 carrying 21 ",en and one woman.

Comment - This flight, whichw as originally scheduledas the <!th Test Flight posslbly inauguratesthe regular air servioe whioh the J/lpsne ....ehave obtained permission to operate fromPalau to Dil1i. It also marks the openingof the Japanese Consulate et Dilli. It isnot known how many cons1\lar officials oraviation "exp,erts" wel'e on board, but it isassumed the '21 men" ir.cludes the crew of the.t'lyin(\ boat. Ol"igina11y nine consuls1' officislswe"e reported to be coming boy thIs fl i ght.•

(ii) It "oll"d qeem th!, t 1'0U1' Japanese vessels llnve beendirectly 6onn£-eted w:tth tbis fltght.'.el:lese vessels are'"(l \ RllJ:)!J{E MARU ~ repol'ted to have left DUl1 on l6/9.

'!'hiS vessel visited Dill! for cargo almost immediatelyaf'ter the 7th Experimental Palau - DIlJi flight atthe end of Aueust.

(2) "NANEI MARU" arrived in vicinity of DUll on 14/10and was still there on 1'1/10. This vessel wastender to the 7th Flight and is probably acting inthat cupacity again.

(3) "ASABI MARU" , which on 13/10 was north of the N.YLtip of' New GUinea, ,,,'s by 16110 southbound 1n thepassage between Serang and Buru. slitptly to theN,W. of Amboina.

(4) "SElKAI MARU" (3,100 tons) between 15/1.0 and 1'1/10moved 70 miles southWArd, being last located 45miles off the sOllthermnos t poi\1t of lialmahera.

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COllllllent ~ The act1 vi ties of these ships is much more thanis neeesssry for the normal operation of aflying boat f1ie,ht. Previously only one tenderhas aSSisted, though in connection With the 7thTest ])'1 il'pt a second tender, "ASAH! MARU". isthou~pt to have been off Halmahera ~iving

weather reports. It is clear that the Japaneseintend to take every advantage of their newp:ri vllege, making the fnlleet reconnaissancepossible of Jalol0 Strait, between New Guineaand nalmal~ra and of the waters in the vicinityof Ambon. Although it would appear that extraprecaubions have been taken with this flightbecause of its political sisnificance, it isrSlIl/it'ked chat the total Japanese personnelfrom th6 ehips in the vicinity could possiblycomprise a SUfficient force to carry out a coupat Dil1i if desired. There is, howevel', nointelligence to sueeest that such an event isillUl\inent.

JAPANESE WARSHIPS - Short leave only is being granted toJapanese Fleet personnel,

OOlllbined Fleet - This remains chiefly in flowe 'listers.li!anoeU\I'1'es, which began on 26/9 and which last yearlasted aocut 3 weeks were in progress eurly this month.It appears trom WiT traffic that the 3rd Fleet which

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G,O,S. Sinll!lpOl'e04668Z/18

recently left South Ch.tna wators has n"t be,en dispersedon return to Japan.

'rhe aircraft ·~&l'r:\.er "ZUIKAKU" \14,OiX tons, 30knots, 45 airel'aft) is in the vicinity of f.ako (BllkkaI)on the west coast or Ilokkaldo and ap~,ro" 0500 mUes enstof Vlsdl.vostolc. 'rhe "ZUIKARt" is tIle most: recent1"ycompleted Japanese ai-~c-,";'lft cart'ier~

South China Fleet '.' Disposj. t1on.s sttll norl;',9), lJ.lhe f/~

Crvis"r flltl(;;1.l" left SaL~cn on 6110, being l'elievod by ndestroyer. 'rthe Vle:c-Admlral t!s iI'laG 1.3 now at NHva1Hea.dqU6l'tersashore. 'Phe mining \,'ODseJ n~n}JUSUr~ 1.9believed to be on the lnd.o·,Chine. c<Hlsr."

(c) Fourth Fleet (Mandal;e").· The survey vl3l.l"e1s "KA'l';SURntT"in the Eastern tGlrgha"1Ts .l-Hld the r:H:OSY't:t~ n.c·l~th i)r'

KSJ;'1ngarnarangl were still t'!ct.i~/e dnrine; thr~ w8e!rC.,

Area

JAPANESE MERGilA}rr SHIPS· 1'he wi thdrawnl of ,)o.p"nes"merclwnt shtpu from--fnB' 30u.th seas is aVB 1.r~ m08 t mst'hed.soothe nUluber outside Japans86 wutere is nt..W; eXt.!'61~lely

:'J lnS11 as Shown,by the t'Qllo\'ling t.Gble"AveraGe duringearly months

1941

21,

F\EL C~ B~

1948(51\

N,Atlantie 10 Nil

N.Pselflc 45 9

Indl.a &. Burma 15 2

Australasia. 5 Nil

S.A:mericsn Coasts 9 8

Africa Nil

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" (Inc), ud iT>,;!lIE MAR')]evfil,..... ua t len

1~Jl SI.Lp)e

.', (J .', ,·· .. w·ti 'nD .... ,l.~Kj. ..,..ti

MARti b(1 in,gtemporupiJyrepuired 1t~alla.D -HrL::~

~! SAi\.rco MI-',.li.U r!

wa! ting t~, towNi)~ (her honw,~ }

50

31 23 (prlncipllU '!___________• .......JJ.::...l::'1?..~}~~'.cl.~~.!!,

7""

162

South seas

Total sl'i1psabsent from;:;J;:;&""p",a:;;n",e;:;s;.;e"-..;,w;.;a;.:t;.::s;.::r;.;s:.,. .. .,.. ._.._ .. ,, •

f!"s t secre tsourt)es

The rel1lllindar of the Merclmnt ii''l.eet is in ,"'ponese watlL'3and the China Sea.From Most secret sources it is known that acnce 6/10/4).rlASTJKA MARU" "NOHFOLK MARU" fiAHI\'M~\ T~t\Rtlf' t-i-,·.tlng IlSA.KI'rOMARU" and probably "t'lO'1'O MARti" lli,vetett So"th Amerl.c'lfor Japan. There' is no intelligence of a r':·1va1. in .All1erica since "'rERT.lKJiWA MARU" reached ManzI\n1.11n on [,I ,0,

The "8YOYO MARU" and "ITUKUSIMA NARD" l,oth of whJ.c,11arl'ived at San Francisc(l on 15/8, were. tLl waiting on6/10 for l1cences to load 011. 'l'his fluggesb difficultyin obtaining oil at Mexlean port~,

The steady requisitioning of' merchant "hIps by the

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Fagb \q,Most; 2:e(~ret

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Japanese Navy is evident,

22. JAPANESE AR~ ~

'ar Eas tern a )leekly Situs·;ion Report

b)F,E.c.a,1948(51 )

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23.

I"\E~C~ Bli1948(51)

Frenoh Inde··China ,. Vtcby h&s refused a ,Yspane,e de"",ndtor the right to station llnothel' 4'),00;) tr~q" In F'ren"hIndo-China. Viohy 1s beHoved to l;e adopting" str"ngel'po11cy with the .~r!~y f9.v'Jut'l.ng r esistanc'" to fll'therJapanese encroachment. t. b~.lt 1 t 1s doubtful whe t".1f'll" B,llyeffeotive rests tanoe cen bs offeract,

Oomment .,., These 40,000 t2""COpS, if landed ll wou1d d ou~)l~

the number 0.r'.ginc_J.ly T.H"ov:1.decl f'l) r by f.l.grffe;'lf.r;(~

between Vh,hy Ii nd Jar-an at: tile tilts -,f t.heJapanese (h~cupatlcn la.8·~ ..ruly~

China ...~ In North Ch.tna ti16 Japanese have (~l'OS8:Kl th~ YeluY~'i

Rlvllr near Kwanghokc,w. In Centra} GhinQ t.hey :,e,',a" with,drawing on 1/10 ncrt,h~j";bll Lluyr,ng iU""l' and in S'mthChIna they h&ve withdT'Gwn tpom the '['(\l·~lhan dls:.:..rj,et in thoWest River area.

5,000 addit10llal .iapar,,0311 tr,ccp., arri'red ,:1, n,.:t'~a

Tigris and further reinf"roement." hava l'eachedG.n,Q.

Manohurill .. 'rhe large conoel1trr,tion of ,1apaneo·, troopllIn Manchuria is causing nr~iety to Russia,

JAPANESE A JR FORCE - DUl' .tng recent "pera ',ie, ns :.'ound ':haIlgHlm30", Japanese para.chute tree}):; were dropped a t ;:rtnlgghang~

(S,E. of Ghang"ha and Glmch:'w). All were klUofJd C'J:' ~,,?t.·ol'''do

. In Ineb -ChIna. the ,Tn-panes" have o~cupied "aket' and KcmpongThoun landing groundg. which they were reported last weck ':;,chave demanded, and have imprcved Penom Penh aerodrome"Work on aerodl'Olllea at 'j'hu Dan lAo\· arid. SMtJ:'ang 1s proceed1,.."rapidly. 3,()()O iOoo1ies t.I'a employed at· .:Jajgen aerodr'om"(Tan Son Nhut). 'rhe ;faplmese hsve o()oupied Kr"kor landingground" No airoraft are believed to be station•. d ther" a i",present. A recen~; Br! ti !.~h .e. ir re-connai5ssn.::e ;<hcwed noaerodrome or landing gro\l!ld at 1tu Ab" which j" suI tOD1-"for operation only by nc)etplan&.Oo

Dlrecto~ C,O,I~t;,

20/10/41