Large number of Japanese ships sighted along South Chinese coastline according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 28 January 1942

An item referred to Chinese sources which reported the sighting between 22-27 January of 80 Japanese vessels on three different positions along the South Chinese coast. Presumbly the vessels were part of southbound convoys.

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Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 49 dated 28 January 1942