Japanese navy search for Allied task foece in Northwestern Pacific watersaccording to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 22 April 1942

An item reported that the Japanese navy was still searching for an Allied task force in Northwestern Pacific waters but still without success. Several heavy warships seemed to return home leaving the Bay of Bengal probably for overhaul and to be fitted out for future operations. Other ships including aircraft carriers and cruisers rteurning from the Bay of Bengal-Malaya area seemed to be bound for the Truk Area.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 133 dated 22 April 1942.