Japanese convoys approaching Menado and Ternate, Dutch East Indies according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 26 December 1941

An item referred to M/O Bandoeng reporting that on 23 December 1941 two Japanese convoys each consisting of around 3 transports and 2 cruisers or destroyers were sighted apparently underway to land at Menado (Manado, northern Celebes=Sulawesi) and Ternate. What was left of the Dutch aircraft would attack both convoys.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 16 dated 26 December 1941.