British evacuating bases on Malyan west coast according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 20 December 1941

An item rereferred to M/A London reporting that the Japanese probably captured Penang and that the naval and air base on the Malyan west coast was evacuated by the British.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 10 dated 20 December 1941.