Japanese trying to mislead Norwegian merchant ships to enter Japanese controlled harbours according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 24 March 1942

An item reported the sending of radio messages by the Japanese pretending to be sent by the owners of Norwegian ships in the Pacific and Indian Oceans promising bribes if they steamed to harbours controlled by the Japanese.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 104 dated 24 March 1942