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HEADQUAR ~.JJA~MY i~~~v~k~~b~c~s SPSIS-J 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL. OFFICER 

WASHINGTON 25. D. C. 

15 September 1944. 

~tor Colonel Carter W. Clarke. 

SubJeota Traaalatioa . 

l •. Exhibit l - Origiaal t.ranalation, b7 la..,-, ot Toqo Cil'oular 

lo. 24091 71 loTnber 41, aet.t.in& up the so-ealle4 8 81.op Code•, i.e., 

•hidden word. or aisleacU.ag la.a.pa&• tel•ll"U••. The lDth code word, 

HATTORI, waa tranelat.e4 as •Relation• between lapa.n and. ••• (blank) ••• 

are aot in aooorduoe dth expeot.a"ion•. (Thia t.raulatioa na in 

errors see Exhibit ,.) 

2. Ezhibit 2 - Photostat at original intereept of Toqo Circular n_..J;lμ. ·. 

lo. 2494, Toqo rue date t.1.aes 7 Dec•ber 1941 at 2050 ......i'lehiagtoa I ~ 

date t.1me 7 Deoelaber at 0650 E.s.r. The message us iAtereept.ed .b7 \ 01 

lavy at.at.ion at Baillbridge Island, begirw.ing at 0708 {l.S.T.) and tin- l 

iahing &t. en 43 beRUS8 Of BUllber Of addr8S868 1a Cil"fNlar • 'l"De •S81l£• 9-c- ~M 

wae tornrded b,- wletype and probably received 1a Waahingt.oa, D. c. ~°'4 )1.1'"6 ri......-

(oP-20-GI) abcNt 0900 ad •deoodect• t.bere aboltt. 1020 oa 7 Deceaber 41. ~.17;,J'n 

). Exhibit ) - A •\.raightto"ftrd traaalatiOJl of Sxhib1t 2 u it. ""'"~j wc.ul.d be aad.e b7 one not party to the 3eoret coc:t.. (~ ~· Jl ~l~ nn, , , ~~·A-~f~~J 

4.. lxhibit 4 - Copy ot_ translatioa -.de b7 •,,,- (JI>-11 7148 s 

SIS n58'6}, in the light or it.a data in Exhibit l. The traulat.1cm 

ot t~4ea oode• '90rd li,lAJIAGI na omittedJ t.be traael.a.t..ion ot 

the word llA.tTORI ns eaatly aa given 111 Exhibit 1 and •• \Mr9t'0r4t. ~ 

erroaeou 1n both pll'<cea, Exhibit l aad h.bibit 4. ~\~ ~~ ., .»a<..141. 

S. lxhlbit ' -:- The eorrfft t.rualation ot the aeaaiag ot the 

word HlTTOftl as it ahoald. hr,ve betm t.raaalated in h:hibit l.. 
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From: Tokyo To . : Washington 

27 November 1941 

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Circular #2409 (In 4 parts, complete) 

Rio de Janeiro to S&ntiago as Circular #324. 

(Washington sent to Ottawa, Mexico City, Bogota, Caracas~ Havana, 

Panama, New York, and New Orleans as unnumbered message.) 

(Part 1) 

Handle as Chief of Office routing. 

With international relations becoming 

more strained, the following emergency system of despatches, using INGO DENPO {hidden word, or misleading language ·telegrams) is placed in effect. Please study this carefully. 

Make up a table with the left column 

containing the code words and the right the corresponding plain (decoded) text. Please see that there is no mistake in transcribing this. 

EXAMPLE: A message meaning: 

"iai8'n and u.s.s.R. military have clashed , will read: 

"HIJIKATA and KUBOTA, clerks, 

have both been ordered to your embassy 

on 15th (begin spell) S T O P (end spell)." · 

In order to distinguish these cables from 

others, the English word S T O P will be added at the end as an 

indicator. (The Japanese word "OWARI" (end) will not be used.) 

1Part 2} 

coae Word . . Meaning ~' . ,\?-!~.' ,>< A_R_IMU_RA _________ :_· _c_o_d_e_c_o_mm_un1_c_a_t_i_o_n_s_p_r_o_h_1_b_1_te_d_. __ _ 

.r "\ : ~~ ~ ASAI : CoDDD.unications will be by radio 

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SIS 25609 

JD-1: 6985 

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ASAKURA 

'ASIKAGA 

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: Will communicate by radio broadcast. 

; You are directed to listen carefull1. 

Reception or overseas broadcast 

Impossible due to interference. 

(con~ued) (Y) Navy Trans. 12-2-41 (7) 
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AZUMA 

EDOGUTI 

HANABUSA 

HANA~NO (?) 

RATAKEYAMA 

HATTORI -

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HIZIKATA 

{IO SINO 

IBARAGI 

INAGAKI 

ISHIKAWA 

KASHIWAGI 

KOBAYAKAWA 

SIS 25609 

JD-1: 6985 

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Meaning 

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: Pressure on Japan increasing ! continually • . • 

Prepare for evacuation. 

Preparations for evacuation have 

been completed. 

Prepare to entrust Embassy property 

to suitable foreign envoy (or consul) 

there. 

Relations between Japan~and ••• 

: ••• (blank) ••••• have been severed • . . 

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Relations between Japan and ••• 

••• (blank) •••• are not in accordance 

with expectation • 

.... Japan's and ••• (blank,.) ••• military 

: forces ha<e clashed. 

: Japan and ••• (blank) ••• are entering a 

: full fledged. general war;,-

: Communicate to us probable date of 

: breaking off ot relations between 

: Japan and the country to which 1ou 

: are accredited • . • 

: Have you 

: matter? . . ? - the ••• (blank) ••• 

I have - -?- the ••• (blank) ••• matter. . . 

: We are commencing military action ? 

against ••• (blank) ••• . • 

: Stop issuing all entrance and 

: transient visas to Japan, to persons 

: of o •• (blank) •• •' :nationality. 

(continued) (Y) Navy Trans. 12-2-41 (7) 
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KODAMA 

KOMIYAMA 

KOYANAGI 

KUBOTA 

KUR IBARA 

KUSUNOKI 

MATUTANI 

(Part 4) 

MIN AMI 

MIWATA 

MIYAZAKI 

MOROKOSI 

MOTIZUKI 

NAGAMINE 

NAKAZATO 

NAN GO 

NEGI (?) 

OQAWA 

OKAMOTO 

OKUMURA 

ONIZUKA 

OlVADERA 

OTANI 

ONISI 

SIS 25609 

JD-1: 6985 

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Meaning 

Japan 

; China . . 

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England 

: u.s.s.R. . . France (?) 

: Germany 

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Italy 

Canada 

Mexico 

Brazil 

Panama 

: Argentina 

: Thailand 

: French Indo-Ch1na 

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Netherlands East-Indies 

Burma (?) 

Malaya 

Australia 

Union or South Arr1ca (?) 

Enemy country 

? (Possibly: friendly, or allied 

country ?) 

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(con~lGlf;JJY) Navy Trans. 12-2-41 (7) 
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SIMANAKA 

SAKAKIBARA 

SIGENOI 

SANZYO 

I TIRO 

NISAKU 

SANTARO 

YO I TI 

GORO 

• MASAROKU 

SIMETAR?r 

YASOKITI 

HI SAMA.TU 

ATUMI 

.SIS 25609 

JD-1: 6985 

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Since it is ,, matter or c cnvenienoe in orge.nizin1.1· c)Ur "fork, we 

would like Direotor K,)YANA.GI to let us know by wire as soon ~s ?Osc-;11 le 

the emount granted as a fund for the establishment of a memorial 

library in honor of HATTORI liINAMI. ~~ 
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From: Tokyo 

To : (Circular telegram) 1 December 1941 

(Plain Japanese language using code names) 

Circular #2494 

Relations between Japan and England 

are not in accordance with expectation. 

SIS 25856 

JD-1 y '\ \\.\.J {M) Navy Trans. 7 December 1941 (STT) 
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HATl'ORis Relations between Japan and are hoverin{; r.m the edge of 

catast.rophe C.2t~ are h"peless, impo.;.siLile, on the brink of ruin, !lt the 

very edge ot" the pr,eo1p1ae, etc.} 
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EXfilUT 6 

* This i' a liter&l translation of l!r.AI NI hlN SU. However, in the 

light of the translation of the word illllllediately preceding HA.1''I'ORI in 

the "Stop Code•, it, is perh.s.ps permissible to t.ra.nslate the expression 

as "h.nve reached the very urink or the precipice", or "'ire hopeless with 

no chanee of repair•. The ex;iression K.!TAI NI HIN -SU is a yery strong 

one in Japanese. · 
KOSHI PANAMA. 

URGENT ~KOYANAGI RIJIYORI SEIRINOTUGOO ARUNITUKI 

HATTORI MINAMI KINENBUNKO SETURITU KIKIN0 1 KYOKAINGAKU ~· 

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SF DE JAH S 7 DEC 41 5652 

622 S TOKYO 19 7 8508 JG KOSHI HAVANA 

623.S TOKYO 19 1 85~8 JG RIYOJI HONOLULU 

624 S TOKYO 19 1 85¢ JG RIYOJI NEWYORK 

625 S TOKYO 22 1 85~S JG JAPANESE CONSUL VANCOUVER 

626 S TOKYO 22 7 65¢S JG JAPANESE MINISTER OTTAWAONT 

( SAME TEXT AND SIGN AS OUR NR5651 ) 

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SF DE JAH ~ .. . ·s 7 lJEC 41 

627 8 TOKYO 19 7 65¢8 JG RIYOJI SAN~RANCISCO 

628 S TOKYO 19 7 8508 JG RIYOJI PORTLANDORE 

629 S TOKYO 19 7 85~S JG RIYOJI SEATTLE 

63~ S TOKYO 19 1 8508 JG RIYOJI .NEWORLEANSLA 

631 S TOKYO 19 7 65¢8 JG RIYOUI CHICAGOILL 

632 S TOKYO 19 7 850S JG RIYOJI LOSANGELESCAL 

( SAME TEXT AND SIGN AS OUR NR5651) 

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