Japanese destroyers sighted in the Solomon Islands area according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 31 August 1942

An item reported that Allied aircraft sighted 5 Japanese destroyers in the Faisi-Buin-Tonolei harbour area, Solomon Islands underway with a high speed to the southeast.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 264 dated 31 August 1942.