Fletcher
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FROM: LORD KEEPER OF THE PRIVAL SEAL, MARQUIS KIDO. IMPERIAL PALACE. TOKYO. TO: GEN. HIDEIKI TOJO, PRIME MINISTER. TOKYO. IJN COMMANDER IN CHIEF, ADM. OSAMI NAGANO. SUPREME WAR COUNCIL. TOKYO. IJA COMMANDER IN CHIEF. GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA. SUPREME WAR COUNCIL. TOKYO. SUBJECT: HIGH TOP SECRET MEETING AT TOKYO DATE: AUGUST 05, 1942. RADM Matome Ugaki, Commander of IJN Planning Division will meeting at Imperial Palace with the following commanders to schedule all the new plannings for the Summer Offensive against the Western Powers: ADM. Osami Nagano, IJN Staff CinC. ADM. Irosoku Yamamoto, CombFleet CINC. VADM. Chuichi Nagumo, 1st Air Fleet CinC. VADM. Tsukahara, 11st Air Fleet CinC. VADM. Shimizu, 6th Fleet CinC. (RADM Renzo Tanaka with Mobile Force is aboard HIJMS YAMATO steaming to return to Home Bases) GEN. Hajime Sugiyama, IJA General Staff Chief. GEN. Shunroku Hata, China Expeditonary Army CINC. GEN. Sadomu Shimomura, Southern Area Army CINC. LTGEN. Korechika Anami, 2nd Area Army CINC. 14th Division "Sho Heidan" Commander Officer. 09th Division "Takei Heidan" Commander Officer. All targets for our 1st War Phase offensive have falls in our hands. The material cost for these was too low how preplanned. Imperial Army have launched a massive struggle to put Chinese under their knees. With fives armies fighting hard to close the China incident, our forces are awaiting enemy offensives at Burmese border or Souther Perimeter in the Pacific Ocean Areas. Imperial Japanese army is responsible to keep out the enemy from our S.R.A. With great success any enemy counterstrike have been avoided in Northern Australia, with all those bases have been destroyed and put under periodical air reconoissance. In the Burma/Indian Border the monssoon avoid our operations and all forces have been ordered to build up fortifications works. 1st Armoured Division is near to reach Burma and join with XV Army like General Reserve in this theatre. For the other hand, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY has the responsible to keep out enemy from any base to be useful for enemy jumpings across our lines. Any breaks in our perimeter will be inmediately counterstrike with all available Forces. In the meeting, orders for massive movement of ships and troops will be scheduled to all commands. 2nd Area Army in Southern Area will take 14th and 09th Infantry Divisions (IJA Crack Divisions) and put under Amphibious Readiness Condition. IJN SOUTHERN FLEET CINC will have available enough AP/LSD to be ready for a agressive movement against the enemy. 11st Air Fleet will be reorganized at soon as possible and available aircrafts in reverse will be sent to reinforce files and ranks. 25th Air Flotilla CINC have committed Seppuku and have been reemplace with strictely orders to keep the Salomon´s skies under our control. Air supperiority fighters (KI-44IIa will be available in three weeks) will be put under 5th Air Division HQ to cooperate with 11st Air Flotilla for our success in this area. Orders will be ready to be accomplished in less than 20 days. Root of sin will be erradicated in the blow. If any of you are not ready to accomplish with your duty, Supreme War Council will be glad to know you have join with Yasukuni spirits. Day D have been promise to HIS HIGHNESS, THE EMPEROR, for September 1st, 1942. LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!!! END//
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