An item referred to the Australian Naval Board reporting that during reconnaisance of flights enemy seaplanes were sighted patrolling around the Kapingamaranei (Greenwich Island, nowadays Kapingamarangi, Pohnpei State, Caroline Islands, Federates States of Micronesia). Australian aircraft flew over the island on 18 December. Possible was a Japanese seaplane carrier active between Kapingamaranei and Nissan (Solomon Group).
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 12 dated 22 December 1941.
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