BECAUSE OF THE GREAT AMOUNT OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN CAPTURED JAPANESE DOCUMENTS WHICH PERTAINS TO ALL PHASES OF INTELLIGENCE THEY WILL AFTER FINAL EXAMINATION IN THE VARIOUS THEATERS BE SENT BY THE FASTEST MEANS CONSISTANT WITH THEIR IM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00706R000100070167-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2013
• Sequence Number: 167
• Publication Date: May 1, 1944
• Content Type: MEMO

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1 May 1944
Commander-in-Chief, Southwest Pacific Area
Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Ocean Area
Commanding General, Alaskan Department
Commanding General, U. S. Army Forces, China, Burma, and India
Because of the great amount of information contained in cap-
tured Japanese documents which pertains to all phases of intelligence
they will after final examination in the various theaters be sent by
the fastest means consistent with their importance to A. C. of S.,
G-2, MOS, Washington (25) D. C. Attention colon Pacific Branch,
Military Intelligence Research Section, the sole exception being
captured signal and cryptographic documents which are to be handled
as already prescribed Pd. Pacific Branch, MIRS is a combined agency
established for purpose exploiting captured Japanese documents. It
will operate on same basis as does London Branch MIRS for German
documentsA Important documents will be microfilmed ittduplicated and
sent by different shipments to prevent loss Pd Captured Japanese
4locuments now on hand will be shipped as directed above without
delay
Declassified and Approved For Release @50-Yr 2013/12/16: CIA-RDP81-00706R000100070167-0