Hart Investigation - Exhibit 11

December 3, 1941

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                    EXHIBIT NO. 11 (HART INQUIRY)
                              TOP SECRET

3 December 1941. From: OPNAV. Action: CINCAF, CINCPAC, COM 14, COM 16. Info: 031850.

Highly reliable information has been received that categoric and urgent instructions were sent yesterday to Japanese diplomatic, and consular posts at Hongkong X Singapore X Batavia X Manila X Washington and London to destroy most of their codes and ciphers at once and to burn all other important confidential and secret documents X.