Japanese aircraft attacking British merchant ships according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 7 April 1942

An item reported that in the past 24 hours four British merchant ships were attacked by Japanese aircraft off the Indian east coast during which one was set afire and abandoned by her crew.

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Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 118 dated 7 April 1942