FALSE FLAG OPERATION (1941b): Lieutenant John M. Lietwiler, co-commander of cryptographic intelligence Station CAST, at the Cavite Navy Yard (Philippines) begins reporting on the positions of the Akagi,  Zuikaku, and Hiryu, carrier air groups, the Kirishima battle group, and Cruiser Division Eight, of the Navy of the Empire of Japan. 

       Postscripts:

• Ten days later these ships left Japan as part of the Carrier Striking Task Force headed toward the republic of Hawaii.
• On December 4 Station CAST decoded the call signs for both Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto and Chuichi Nagumo.

       [restored 5/3/2025]

       United states military intelligence code breakers intercept a communication to the Japanese Embassy in the District of Columbia stating that “The deadline absolutely cannot be changed,” the dispatch said. “After that, things are automatically going to happen.”

        [restored 5/3/2025] Thanks to Jim Lorenz for this entry.