From: Manila
To: Tokyo
18 November 1941
(Purple)
#757

 

1. The CA heavy cruiser of my #753* was the Portland.

 

2. On the morning of the 13th a British destroyer of the Defender type entered port.

 

3. It has been ascertained that 8 (or 4?) of the nine submarines of my #742* are of the 129 class. They have entered port here recently but the exact date is uncertain.

 
JD-1: 6503 24780                        (H) Navy Trans. 11-13-41 (S-22)
 
*Not available.
 

(EXHIBITS OF JOINT COMMITTEE , EXHIBIT NO. 2 JAPANESE MESSAGES CONCERNING MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, SHIP MOVEMENTS, ETC.)