[Secret]
From: Canton
To: Tokyo
December 2, 1941
J-19
#512 Secret outside the department
If
hostilities are to begin we here are all prepared. The army has completed all
preparations to move immediately upon Thai. Should the British resist to the
bitter end, it is understood that the army is prepared to go so far as to
militarily occupy the country.
(Japanese)
Army 26103 Trans. 12/11/41
(EXHIBITS OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 1 INTERCEPTED DIPLOMATIC MESSAGES SENT BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT BETWEEN JULY l AND DECEMBER 8, 1941)