The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-16
(particularly Of the large bornbers

and sea planes.
IS. Whether or not merchant
vessels are being requisitioned by
the government (also note any
deviations from regular schedules).
and whether any remodelling Is
being done to them.
"a. Calling up of Army and Navy
personnel, their training, Outlook
on maneuvers) and movements.
IS. Words and acts of minor
Army and Navy personnel.
IS. Outlook of drafting men from
the viewpoint Of race. Particular
ly, whether Negroes are being
drafted, and if 50, under what con-
ditions.
"7. Personnel being graduated
and enrolled in the Army and Navy
and aviation service schools.
'8. Whether or not any troops
are being dispatched to the South
Pacific by transports; if there are
such instances, give description.
80. Outlook of the developments
in the expansion of arms and the
production set-up; the capacity Of
airplane production; increase in
the ranks of labor.
80. General outlooks on Alaska
and the Aleutian Islands, with
particular stress on items involv-
ing plane movements and ship
ment of military supplies to those
localities.
al. Outlook on U. S. defense
set-ups.
"12. Contacts Gncludlng plane
connections with Central and
South America and the South Pa
cific area. Also outlook on ship
ment Of military supplies to those
areas.
"Please forward copies of this
message as a minister's instruc-
ton to New York, San Francisco,
Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland
/ Chicago or New Orleans,) Van
couver, Ottawa and Honolulu. Also
to Mexico City and Panama as
reference material.
1--WE have decided to de-empha-
size our propaganda work and
strengthen our intelligence work in
the U. S"
Other messages showed Japa.
nese agents were closely follow
ing these instructions.
One message from Premier TOTO
to spies in Honolulu on Dec. 2
(the exhibit said it was not trans
lated until Dec. 80, three weeks
after Pearl Harbor) said:
In view of the present situa-
ton, the presence in port of war
ships, airplane carriers, and cruis-
ers is of utmost importance. Here
after, to the utmost of your abil-
ity, let me know day by day. Wire
me in each case whether or not
there are any observation balloons
above Pearl Harbor or if there
are any indications that they will
be sent up. Also advise me wheth-
er or not the warships are provid-
ed with anti-mine nets.''
A message sent from Buenos
Aires to Tokyo on Sept. %, 1941,
| and decided Oct. % showed the
Japanese had obtained charts of
the Panama Canal Zone-with the
help of the Italian Ambassador.
when Minister Yamagata (Min-
lister to Chile was in Panama." it
said, ''he was asked by the Ital-
ian Minister there to deliver some
maps and charts of the Panama
Canal Zone for him, which he did.
Since then, we had Usui 60 to
Chile to take charge of those maps
and upon their arrival here they
were delivered to the Italian Am
bassador. At the same time, we re-
quested that we be given copies
OF them. Recently these copies
were delivered to U.s."
Evidently, the japanese did not
trust the Italians completely. It
was added that the assistant Nav
al attache had ascertained that
they were "exact copies of the
originals"
Reports released heretofore have
told Of the Destroyer Wards sink
ing Of a Japanese Submarine at