Japanese establishing airdrome at Buka according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 15 August 1942

An item reported that the Japanese disembarked on 9 August 300 coolies at Buka, Solomon Islands indicating that there was an airdrome to be established.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 248 dated 15 August 1942.