Translation of "Stop Code" Message
REF ID:A488874
- Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 11-07-2013 pursuant to E .0. 1352a .. · ·:JB:eaJ~l 1f1 i~Q~Q~~:r ~... " ,: ' ' u HEADQUAR ~.JJA~MY i~~~v~k~~b~c~s SPSIS-J OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL. OFFICER • WASHINGTON 25. D. C. 15 September 1944.
~tor Colonel Carter W. Clarke. SubJeota Traaalatioa .
l •. Exhibit l - Origiaal t.ranalation, b7 la..,-, ot Toqo Cil'oular 8 lo. 24091 71 loTnber 41, aet.t.in& up the so-ealle4 81.op Code•, i.e., •hidden word. or aisleacU.ag la.a.pa&• tel•ll"U••. The lDth code word, HATTORI, waa tranelat.e4 as •Relation• between lapa.n and. ••• (blank) ••• are aot in aooorduoe dth expeot.a"ion•. (Thia t.raulatioa na in errors see Exhibit ,.)
2. Ezhibit 2 - Photostat at original intereept of Toqo Circular n_..J;lµ. ·. lo. 2494, Toqo rue date t.1.aes 7 Dec•ber 1941 at 2050 ...... i'lehiagtoa I ~ date t.1me 7 Deoelaber at 0650 E.s.r. The message us iAtereept.ed .b7 \ 01 lavy at.at.ion at Baillbridge Island, begirw.ing at 0708 {l.S.T.) and tin- l iahing &t. en 43 beRUS8 Of BUllber Of addr8S868 1a Cil"fNlar • 'l"De •S81l£• 9-c- ~M wae tornrded b,- wletype and probably received 1a Waahingt.oa, D. c. ~°'4 )1.1'"6 ri...... (oP-20-GI) abcNt 0900 ad •deoodect• t.bere aboltt. 1020 oa 7 Deceaber 41. ~.17;,J'n ). Exhibit ) - A •\.raightto"ftrd traaalatiOJl of Sxhib1t 2 u it. ""'"~j wc.ul.d be aad.e b7 one not party to the 3eoret coc:t.. (~ ~· Jl ~l~ nn, , , ~~·A-~f~~J 4.. lxhibit 4 - Copy ot_ translatioa -.de b7 •,,,- (JI>-11 7148 s SIS n58'6}, in the light or it.a data in Exhibit l. The traulat.1cm ot t~4ea oode• '90rd li,lAJIAGI na omittedJ t.be traael.a.t..ion ot the word llA.tTORI ns eaatly aa given 111 Exhibit 1 and •• \Mr9t'0r4t. ~ erroaeou 1n both pll' S. lxhlbit ' -:- The eorrfft t.rualation ot the aeaaiag ot the word HlTTOftl as it ahoald. hr,ve betm t.raaalated in h:hibit l.. - ,• • REF ID:A488874 From: Tokyo To . : Washington 27 November 1941 (Jl9) Circular #2409 (In 4 parts, complete) Rio de Janeiro to S&ntiago as Circular #324. (Washington sent to Ottawa, Mexico City, Bogota, Caracas~ Havana, Panama, New York, and New Orleans as unnumbered message.) (Part 1) Handle as Chief of Office routing. With international relations becoming more strained, the following emergency system of despatches, using INGO DENPO {hidden word, or misleading language ·telegrams) is placed in effect. Please study this carefully. Make up a table with the left column containing the code words and the right the corresponding plain I (decoded) text. Please see that there is no mistake in transcribing this. EXAMPLE: A message meaning: "iai8'n and u.s.s.R. military have clashed , will read: "HIJIKATA and KUBOTA, clerks, have both been ordered to your embassy on 15th (begin spell) S T O P (end spell)." · In order to distinguish these cables from others, the English word S T O P will be added at the end as an indicator. (The Japanese word "OWARI" (end) will not be used.) 1Part 2} coae Word . Meaning ~' . ,\?-!~.' ,>< A_R_IMU_RA______:_· _c_o_d_e_c_o_mm_un1_c_a_t_i_o_n_s_p_r_o_h_1_b_1_te_d_.__ _ .r "\ : ~~ ~ ASAI : CoDDD.unications will be by radio : broadcasts • ,. ASAKURA : Will communicate by radio broadcast. • ; You are directed to listen carefull1. 'ASIKAGA Reception or overseas broadcast SIS 25609 Impossible due to interference. JD-1: 6985 (con~ued) (Y) Navy Trans. 12-2-41 (7) -ii -- REF ID:A488874 Code word Meaning : AZUMA : Pressure on Japan increasing ! continually • .• EDOGUTI Prepare for evacuation. HANABUSA Preparations for evacuation have been completed. HANA~NO (?) Prepare to entrust Embassy property to suitable foreign envoy (or consul) there. RATAKEYAMA Relations between Japan~and ••• .: ••• (blank) ••••• have been severed • HATTORI Relations between Japan and ••• - ••• (blank) •••• are not in accordance with expectation • .• (Part 3) .... HIZIKATA Japan's and ••• (blank,.) ••• military • : forces ha SIS 25609 • JD-1: 6985 (continued) (Y) Navy Trans. 12-2-41 (7) •- '. ' REF ID:A488874 • ' Code Word Meaning KODAMA Japan KOMIYAMA .; China KOYANAGI England .• KUBOTA .: u.s.s.R. KUR IBARA France (?) KUSUNOKI : Germany MATUTANI Italy . (Part 4) . MIN AMI MIWATA . Canada MIYAZAKI Mexico • MOROKOSI Brazil MOTIZUKI Panama NAGAMINE : Argentina NAKAZATO : Thailand NAN GO : French Indo-Ch1na NEGI (?) . Netherlands East-Indies OQAWA Burma (?) OKAMOTO Malaya OKUMURA Australia ONIZUKA Union or South Arr1ca (?) : OlVADERA Enemy country OTANI ? (Possibly: friendly, or allied I . country ?) ONISI Year SIS 25609 - JD-1: 6985 (con~lGlf;JJY) Navy Trans. 12-2-41 (7) . ' REF ·.ID :A488874 • Code Word . Meaning • SIMANAKA '.• Day (?) : SAKAKIBARA Tsuki) Month .• SIGENOI I . (K?r) Paragraph SANZYO . (Toki) Time I TIRO .• 1 NISAKU . 2 SANTARO . 3 . YO I TI .• 4 GORO 5 MASAROKU 6 SIMETAR?r : 7· • ll YASOKITI 8 HI SAMA.TU .• 9 . ATUMI : 0 .SIS 25609 JD-1: 6985 (Y) Navy Trans. 12-2-41 (7) "' .,. ~)ttf\~E - I'4 - tl{~-,1~1 or ~ I<) l <. G ; (( PR 0 c; \\~-I: fo°/¥ 5 t~or·· ~~12 • I.I YA 1.Ja-. GK . OY ~j SR ~.. !// s r f;J r# 1 o ~11 7 UY Jc !jo,1 GU NF 't!un Ff ~"! gY. -W' f{t J A . .1t·1.lt T tJ ~~p~.: ~ ·. I '·· PAGE-2 / • JI" -~ ..,. I I __.._ -- - ·lI __ '''. '' I I ·-- _.- · .. ' _,. .· .. ~;~--· -- _::>= • REF ID:A4BB874 .. '"'''I 7 /J 'I I ! -! ~ Jc:. ·t j&,- - \ \ t-- ., ' , • . I ' .. '.'\...... ·~ · .. J. ·; "' - • • • •, i REF ID:A488874 - . -~ / ' . ' . REF ID:A488874 -~ r ,... I i 3' 4-.,. 3 LI-- .s- - ' 'f s- l'f .J- 1~- II f-Y 7 It. 3 . ------r--->----·------·--·+----+---+------~· I--- I ------+------+------r-----;~ "' i 1 I -· -·--- ... -- --~---t---r----t---t-~~----+---+------+--+----i-··-~------~ I I .. I I +-t--t-+--+~--+---+--+--+--+--+--+-1 - ~ --+----+----- >------+-+- ---+---t-~1 _____,~------4--...... _..~ '. ---- ,__ ------· ------t-fl-~------+-~ r ------~------~ _,______ l=-~ -~ ~ ---+-----t---1---;-~-...--i~--i ------~-+--+--+-,- ·, I . ./ ~--· -· . - -·- ' ___ ------+------+~--L_.,___.._._1_ --·- --i------! ------+---+-+---+---+--+--t-+--i---t··------ ---~ ---~---r-----+----t..______I1 ______~ .... --l------+---+------ t - - --- . ------. ------I- ---1----+- -~------~----+----I-·-~-~-~-+----+---+---~ L ~- I I i -. ------~------t=~-l------i----r----.--- --~--.------;-- r.. - . ' I +~~---+---+---+---+------r-t---+------t - ' I - -- -- ·-+-+--·1---4..___.----+---+-~---+--+-__._-+----+----+--+--+---+--+---I __ J r F t ,______.______~-'-"'-..__a..-.l__..__._.__,_...._ ___..__.__~"'--"--'- ._,- I i I ' f I EXHH·I'I' J Since it is ,, matter or c cnvenienoe in orge.nizin1.1· c)Ur "fork, we would like Direotor K,)YANA.GI to let us know by wire as soon ~s ?Osc-;11 le the emount granted as a fund for the establishment of a memorial library in honor of HATTORI liINAMI. ~~ REF ID :'A488874 From: Tokyo To : (Circular telegram) 1 December 1941 (Plain Japanese language using code names) Circular #2494 Relations between Japan and England are not in accordance with expectation. SIS 25856 • JD-1 y '\ \\.\.J {M) Navy Trans. 7 December 1941 (STT) r REF ID:A488874 EIHIBIT ' HATl'ORis Relations between Japan and are hoverin{; r.m the edge of catast.rophe C.2t~ are h"peless, impo.;.siLile, on the brink of ruin, !lt the very edge ot" the pr,eo1p1ae, etc.} REF ID:A488874 EXfilUT 6 * This i' a liter&l translation of l!r.AI NI hlN SU. However, in the light of the translation of the word illllllediately preceding HA.1''I'ORI in the "Stop Code•, it, is perh.s.ps permissible to t.ra.nslate the expression as "h.nve reached the very urink or the precipice", or "'ire hopeless with no chanee of repair•. The ex;iression K.!TAI NI HIN -SU is a yery strong one in Japanese. · ,. KOSHI PANAMA. URGENT ~KOYANAGI RIJIYORI SEIRINOTUGOO ARUNITUKI HATTORI MINAMI KINENBUNKO SETURITU KIKIN0 1 KYOKAINGAKU ~· Sll\YUU DENPO-O ARITAS,<'STOP'!-- TOGO' . arjit' f~ I ~ . . - ~ · S..~ ~ .A { ..ii/i'?s; ~ ot 0 % ~ •I lJ.£.'' (;/. f-1, ,,, td~.5. -11 •• JA, / }J· . 1'-" r-~ ~ s' JP~ ti 1< r' f... S 387 /7 85~ GR29 -=--/ . & v ~ OBESE OVALS RPWMO RFNMO RTJMO RWFMO GNOMEfo~\ .,.-oll~O i - REF ID:A488874 -, ~~,-~ --- 7 -· ------. ---- - ' - / _·"'"73-TT- 1 • 1--,~- . /o-~ ~ l_ ------· ______.I ,------~ ------~- """REF ID :A4888/ 4------"~: ·· SF DE JAH S 7 DEC 41 5652 622 S TOKYO 19 7 8508 JG KOSHI HAVANA 623.S TOKYO 19 1 85~8 JG RIYOJI HONOLULU 624 S TOKYO 19 1 85¢ JG RIYOJI NEWYORK I - 625 S TOKYO 22 1 85~S JG JAPANESE CONSUL VANCOUVER 626 S TOKYO 22 7 65¢S JG JAPANESE MINISTER OTTAWAONT ( SAME TEXT AND SIGN AS OUR NR5651 ) 1220 JP 763, . .·.... ' ·~ ·.' ' . REF ID:A488874 SF DE JAH ~ .. . ·s 7 lJEC 41 5653 627 8 TOKYO 19 7 65¢8 JG RIYOJI SAN~RANCISCO 628 S TOKYO 19 7 8508 JG RIYOJI PORTLANDORE 629 S TOKYO 19 7 85~S JG RIYOJI SEATTLE 63~ S TOKYO 19 1 8508 JG RIYOJI .NEWORLEANSLA 631 S TOKYO 19 7 65¢8 JG RIYOUI CHICAGOILL 632 S TOKYO 19 7 850S JG RIYOJI LOSANGELESCAL ( SAME TEXT AND SIGN AS OUR NR5651) 1243 JP 763'/J . . . .. ~ .. - . :·.:, ...... ,· . REF ID:A488874 ·~.· ~... ' {, '('I .i; _. ·~· .'\ 1\\AG. f~ ~ ~ f~, ~~ taTJAcK- ' ' ~ ' ', I., ·" • • ! ·' j 'i \ \ .~. 111111