[Secret]
 
From: Rio de Janeiro (Ishii)
To: Santiago
2 December 1941
(J 19)
Circular #328
Tokyo to Rio de Janeiro as Circular #2431, 29th November
 
Re my Circular #2409.*

 

Additions to the list already sent; please use with others.

 
Code Word                                Meaning
 
KASIMA                   Have Japanese living there been interned?
KANO                     Japanese living here are all safe.
KIKUTI                   Japanese living here have all been interned.
KATUNO                   Some of Japanese living here have been
                         interned.
KAWASIMO                 The wave length of General Information
                         broadcast will be changed to . . kilocycles
                         from . . . (day) . . . (month) . . .
KAKAO                    Reception of General Information broad- 
(Kayso)                  cast bad, please change wave length.
TUJIKITA                 Please change wave length of General In-
                         formation broadcast to a shorter
                         than the present wave length.
TABUSE                   Please change wave length of General In-
(Tabuti)                 formation broadcast to a longer wave length.
SAITO                    The time of General Information broadcast
                         is to be changed starting on . . . (day) . . .
                         from . . . (time) . . . to . . . (time) . . .
HAYASAKI                 Please change time of General Information
                         broadcast, starting on . . . (day) . . . to,
                         from . . . (time) . . . to . . . (time) . . .
ISEZAKI                  100 (hyaku).
WANAMI                   1,000 (see)
YASUNO                   10,000 (man).
UNO                      100,000 (jyu man).
ITIOTA                   1,000,000 (hyaku man).
(perhaps ITIOKA)
(probably UTIOKA)
 
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JD-1:                                       (Y) Navy Trans. 12-11-41 (7)
 
*JD-1: 6985. List of code words similar to above.
 

(EXHIBITS OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 1 INTERCEPTED DIPLOMATIC MESSAGES SENT BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT BETWEEN JULY l AND DECEMBER 8, 1941)