Among the ships he boarded were ; , where he found Captain White in his cabin attempting to destroy documents; and , which he approached on "Atlantis"s boat disguised in a British navy uniform. In November 1940, he boarded the merchant ship on which he was met by the first mate, all the officers having been killed or injured on the bridge by a shell from "Atlantis" before they could destroy confidential documents. The survivors were unable to throw the documents overboard as the key to the strong room had been lost in the shelling. The documents were eventually found by the Germans and included a secret British report stating that Britain would not be able to hold Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaya, and other interests in Asia if Japan were to attack them. Captain Rogge forwarded the documents to the German embassy in Tokyo who sent them to Berlin where a summary was communicated to the Japanese. Historians have speculated that the revelation to the Japanese of the weak state of British military power in Asia may have emboldened them to invade Singapore and played a part in the development of the war in the Pacific.