[Secret]
 
From: Rio de Janeiro (Ishii)
To: Santiago
2 December 1941
(J 19)
Circular #329 (In 3 parts, complete)
Tokyo to Rio as Circular #2432, on 29 Nov.
 

 

Re my Circular #2409*.

 

The following are added this date to my Circular #2409*, for special use in your area. Please use them together with the others, (after making them up in a table).

 

(Translator's note. Underlined values are doubtful due to garbles. Probable correct value added below in parenthesis.)

 
Code Word                                Meaning
 
ASHINA*                  From . . . (blank) . . . (date), Japanese
                         ships stopping here will not be allowed to take
                         on fuel.
DATE*                    Please telegraph probable amount of . . .
                         (blank) . . . that can be imported.
KAWAHARA                 I estimate we can probably import about
                         . . . (blank) . . . tons of . . . (blank) . . .
NIWAGUCHI                It is impossible to carry out . . . (blank)
(Kawaguchi)
NAKAMUTA                 Are in the process of arranging for im-
(Nakamura)               portation of . . . (blank) . . .
SATUNAKATA               Send communications via . . . (blank)
(Munakata)               . . . (country).
KAZAMA                   Communications will be through offices
                         stationed in . . . (blank) . . . (country).
TOKUSIMA                 Japanese ship should arrive in . . . (blank)
                         . . . (country) on . . . (blank) . . .(month)
                         . . . (blank) . . . (day).
TAKENOUTI                Is it possible for Japanese ships to come
                         to . . . (blank) . . . (country) ?
YA  GI                   It is not possible to send Japanese ships
(YANAGI)                 to . . . (blank) . . . (country).
TONEGI                   It is possible to send Japanese ship(s) to
                         . . . (blank) . . . (country).
 
(Part 2)
 
 
TAKAGI                   Minerals
SAWAMURA                 Lead.
SUMI                     Mercury.
(Kasumi)
IWASAKI                  Petroleum.
HIROHATA                 Diamonds for industrial use.
ITAMI                    Platinum.
KADA                     Copper.
NAKAGAWA                 Carat.
MAEHATA                  Peru.
MASUKO                   Chile
SENEDA                   Colombia.
TAKENAKA                 Paraguay or Uruguay (?)
SIMAZU                   Paraguay or Uruguay. (?)
IMAZAWA                  Venezuela.
FUJIKAKE                 San QINY**
HASIMOTO                 Cuba.
SINDO                    Havana.
TIBA                     Rio de Janeiro.
TOZAWA                   Sao Paulo.
 
(Part 3)
 
 
HASEGAWA                 Riberao Preto.
IRIFUNE                  Santos
ENOMOTO                  Bauru.
BEPPU                    Curityba.
TIKAMATU                 Belem.
SUETUGU                  Buenos Aires.
OKIZUMI                  Santiago.
YAMATO                   Lima.
UMEGAWA                  Bogota.
HARA                     Caracas.
ISONO                    Montevideo. (?)
FUKAMATI                 Asuncion.
 

 

Relay from Rio de Janeiro to TPT***, Lima, Sao Paulo. Mexico City relay to Washington, Panama, Havana, Caracas (?), Bogota.

 
25830
JD-1                                         (Y) Navy Trans. 12-5-41 (7)
 
*JD-1: 6985 (S.I.S. #25609). List of code names to be used in plainlanguage messages. with indicator S T O P at end.
**Code value is QINY, (probably Salvador or Domingo). 
***Probably "Buenos Aires and Santiago." 
 

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