An item reported that practically all Japanese naval units left the Bay of Bengal leaving maximum 2 aircraft carriers, light forces of destroyers and submarines and shore-based aircraft. The J.I.C. commented that probably Japan abanoned the plans for further attacking Ceylon and the east coast of India.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 129 dated 18 April 1942
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