World War II Intelligence activities in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation BACM RESEARCH WWW.PAPERLESSARCHIVES.COM About BACM Research – PaperlessArchives.com BACM Research/PaperlessArchives.com publishes documentary historical research collections. Materials cover Presidencies, Historical Figures, Historical Events, Celebrities, Organized Crime, Politics, Military Operations, Famous Crimes, Intelligence Gathering, Espionage, Civil Rights, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and more. Source material from Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Secret Service, National Security Council, Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Justice, National Archive Records and Administration, and Presidential Libraries. http://www.paperlessarchives.com GENERAL HEADQUARTERS ' UNITED STATES AR.\1Y FORCES. PACIFIC MILlTARY INTELLIGENCE S=IO~. GENERAL STAl'JJNClAS~/tltlJ INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION -. \ \ • , " , '. ..TCU/ p • l Ir ~ , • If• '. c - - ------ ---- -_ .. _ ate ...... __ • DOCUMENTARY APPEl\TDICES VOLUME II, INTELLIGENCE SERIES i~ ____________________~ ____~ ________ J k· '_e,~~I~ __~ , GENERAL HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES, PACIFIC MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. SECTION, GENERAL STAF~ INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION .. DOCUMENT ARYAPPENDICES (II) VOLUME II, INTELLIGENCE SERIES GENERAL HEADQUARTERS FAR EAST .COMMAND Tokyo, Japan 10 June 1948 Each Master Volume of the General Intelligence Series is followed by a companion piece, containing selected documents, either in wartime originals, when available, or in facsimile. ( Since the series is primarily designed for use at Service Schools, ail effort has been made to place at the student's disposal the type of intimate detailed and pertinent source material that usually remains buried in archives and files. The purpose is to present the subject not only as to "when," in . historical chronology, but also as to "how," in practical, war-tested operations. All inclosed documents are declassified to " Restricted," regardless of current classification at date of publication. BY COMMAND OF GENERAL MacARTHUR: PAUL J. MUELLER Major General, GSC Chief of Staff OFFICIAL : C.A. WILLOUGHBY Major . General, GSC AC of S, G-2 THE INTELLIGENCE SERIES G-2 USAFFE-SWPA-AFPAC-FEC-SCAP Volumes I to IX A Brief History of the G-2 Section, GHQ, SWPA and Affiliated Units I The Guerrilla Resistance Movement in the Philippines II Intelligence Activities in the PhiHppines: Japanese Occupati~n III Operations of the Military Intelligence Section, GHQ, SWPA IV Operations of the Allied Intelligence Bureau; .GHQ, SWPA V Operations of the Allied Translator & Interpreter Section, GHQ, SWPA VI Operations of the Allied Geographical Section, GHQ, SWPA VII· Operations of the Technical Intelligence Unit in the SWPA / \~ VIII Operations of the Counter Intelligence Corps in the SWPA IX Operations of the Civil Intelligenc~ Section, SCAP Command: Intelligence Units-War Period Maj General S. B. Akin (Cent. B.) ; Air Vice-Marshal J. E. Hewitt (D.I.-AAF) ;. Brigadier K. A. Wills A. I. F. (AlB) ; Brig J. D. Rogers A. I. F. (DMI-AGF) ; Brig General C. Whitney (PRS); Brig General E. R. Thorpe (CIC); Brig General C. Clarke (MID) ; Brig General J. J. Twitty (JICPOA) ; Gol W. V. Jardine-Blake A. I. F. (AGS) ; Capt R. B. M. Long R. A. N. F. (D. N. I. Mel~ourne) ; Col C. G. Roberts A. I. F. (AlB); Capt A. H. McCollum USN (D. N. I. Seventh Fleet) ; Comdr G. B. Salm (Dir NEFIS); Col S. H. Spoor (Dir NEFIS); Col S. F. Mashbir (ATIS) ; Cot Van S. Merle-Smith (G-2); ColH. V. White (,G-2 Sixth Army) ; Col G. A. A. Jones (G'--2 Eighth Army) ; Col B. Cain (A-2 FEAF) ;' Lt Col N. B •. Sauve (TIC). Editor-in-Chief: Major General Charles A. ~iIIoughby, GSC Executive Editors: Col F. H. Wilson; Lt Col N. W. Willis; Capt A. W~ Grey Associate Editors. Research. Production. 1/ Col R. L. Ring-; Col S. M. Mellnik; Lt Col M. K. Schiffman; Lt Col W. H. Brown; Lt Col A. W. Ind; Maj E. A. Williams ;Maj A. Chrietzberg; Capt S. Stern; Capt H. W. Keyser; Capt E. K. EIlsworth; Capt E. B. Ryckaert; Lt Y. G. Kanegai; Lt L. J. Larkin; Lt R. G. Bonus; Lt R. A. Patterson; MjSgt W. M. Tracy; . TjSgt S. C. Reed; TjSgt H. Y. Uno; TjSgt J. R. Elder; Sgt H. E. Ryder; Miss B. E. White; Miss F. R •. Gossin; Miss M. A. Tonougar; Miss R. A. Ketchum; Miss M. A. Moore; Miss M. I. Taylor; Mr. R. Takeuchi; Mr. S. Wada. In addit~on to Volumes I-IX listed above, there are one or ~ore companion volumes for each main subject, entitled "Documentary Appendices," which contain war-time documents, orders, plans, reports, etc., illustrating operational procedures. Officers and men in responsible positions will be listed, with their activities, in appropriate paragraphs within the volume. The basic manuscript for Vol_ II,. "Intelligence Activities in the Philippines during the Japanese Occupation," was prepal'ed by Maj E. A. Williams. Subsequent edit, expansion and revision: Maj General C .. A. Willoughby; T ISgt J. R. Elder (WAC) and Miss J. Corrigan, G-2. SCAP. CONTENTS I Guerrilla Activities and Cash Expenditures, 1942-45; Funds'Avai1able to Agents and Guerrilla Leaders, 1942-45 11 Consolidated Monthly Total of Messages Received, Nov 42 - Jan 45 ~III Monthly Totals of Messages Sent by Agents and Commanders, 1942·.. ·45 IV Calendar of Submarine Shipments to Philippine Guerrillas and Agents, Dec 42 - Dec 44 V Approximate Tonnages Delivered by Submarine to Guerrillas, 1943-44 VI Directive to V-illamor (Planet) Party; 27 Dec 42 VII Directive to Parsens (Fifty) Party; 13 Feb 43 VIII Directive to Crespo (Peleven) Party (with Copy of Manifest , . of Cargo Taken with the Party); 12 Apr 43 IX Directive to Hamner (Tenwest) Party; 23 May 43 X Communications for Philippine Penetration,.. Mar 43 .( 'XI PRSlntelligence Plan; 24 Jun 43 f !--"'"y---' XII PRS Memo to C of S, .reSubmarines 2 Ju143 XIII Philippine Intelligence Plan (FRS); 25 Aug 43' nv Development of Cont.act with American POW in Japanese Camps (Rosenquist Mission); 11 Dec 43 XV G... 2 Staff Study:, Phil Islands Sit; 25' Feb 44 XVI Intelligence Requirements Plan for M:Lndanao; 2 May 44 XVII G-2 Information Bu.lletin No. 12, Report on Conditions in .th~ Philippine Islands, Jun 43 XVIII Intell Opns or Col. N.L. Manzano; 12 Dec 44 XIX History of the Military Intelligence Service, USAFFE, Jun 42 - Mar 45 XX Personal Narrative of Major Emigdio C. Cruz, Jan 43·· Feb 44 XX~ Philippine Monthly Combined Situation Report; 1944* XXII Philippine :[slands Weekly Summary of Enemy Intelligence; 1944* XXIII Philippine Islands Daily Summary of Enemy Intelligence; ·,1944* XXIV Daily Philippine Message Sheet; 1944-45* xxv Extracts from ATIS'Publications dealing with Japanese In­ telligence and Counterintelligence XXVI Extracts from ATIS Current 1ranslation No. 149; 6 Feb 45 XXVII Example of Intelligence and Opns by Cebu Guerr:illas . XXVIII AlB Directive, 6 July 1942** . , XXIX operational and Logistics Plan for Penetration of P.I. by AlB Parties, 10 Apr 43** xxx Summary of Organization and Operations of ECLGA, 15 May 45** Philippines Intelligence Gtiide ••••••••••••• o ••• (backcover) * Original documents, drawn from period covered by 'dates shown. ** Appendices XXVIII - XXX, inclusive, do not fall in chrono- . logical order within the. List of Documentary Appendices be­ cause they were selecte~ after the other doc~entary append­ ices had been mimeographed. \ NOTE: -.First thirteen documents of Documentary Appendices are bound in Master Vol~e; the remaining seventeen are bound in Doc­ umentary Appendices Volume. 14 APPENDIX XIV DEVELOPMENT OF CONTACT VvITH AMERICAN POW IN JAPANESE CAMPS 11 December 1943 Page Summary .... ~ " • ,. •• ., •••• " o.••••••••• ". " • ,. ••••• ,. • ,. " ,. ••••• ~ •• it •• ,. •• It • 1 G-2 Staff Study ,. •••. ,. ............... ,. io •• .. , •• ,. ,. •••••• ,. • • • • • • • •.• 2 Memo to AC of S, 0-2, from Lt. Col. S. M. Mellnik ,........... 7 Plate, "Davao Penal Colony and Possible Escape Routes lt Letter of instruction to Lt. Col. Englehart at Cabanatuan ..................................................... 9 Appendix XIV ---SUMlVU"RY Development of contacts with :Amerioan POW in Japanese Camps.' 3E8TION I: Gcnf,ral Background;, 1. Lt. ,Col. Mellnikt s work with MIS-X .. Washington, D. C. 2. Possibility of making contact "vi th POW in Mindanao and Luzon. SECTION II: Detailed study of Mindanao POW Situation. 1. _ POW camp t, organization, work activities., extent of' Jap survcillancre. 2. ProKimiti of guerrilla organization, intelligenco activity of this unit, tacticbl and intelligence possibilitiE:s of this unit; possible aid to POW., 3. - Conclusions: Desirable to send MI,s.X officer to guerrillEl unit to assi,stPOW and coord"inate intelli..: gence. 4. Recommendations in detail to carry out_pars. 3., SECTION III: Detailed Study of Lu~on POW Situ6tion. 1. POW camp, organization, work activities, channels of communioDtion to Manila. ,int811igence possibilities., 2. 0onclusions: Desirable to contact POW for morElle and intelligence reasons. 3. Rcc:omm8ndatfon: That PRS of AlB contact POW. APPENDIX , itA" .. Memo to AC of S. G-2 from Lt ,• .col. Mellnik. ltB:tt _ Me.p showing the POW comp in Mindanao. ItC,Ii _ Letter of instruction to' Lt. Ool.. Englehart af Cabanatuan. -,,1 - 11 December 1943 STAF? STUDY FOR CHIEF OF STAFF. SUBJECT: Development of contact with American POW in Japanese oamps'. SEGTION I: GENERAL BACKGHOUND .. 1. A meniorandum to A. c. of s., G-2 was recently received from Lt. col. Mellnik in regard to contacting Amerioan POW in Japanese camps (APpendix ItA")", The problem involved, the benefits to be gained, and the known desire of the c-in-o to aid these prisoners, has led t9 a G-2 staff ,study of his memo and recommendations •. 2. Briefly. Lt. Col. Mellnik. in his MIS-X work in washington, D.C., was impressed with the value of MIS-X activities in European POW camps. The extent to which the camps were organized, the valuable in­ formation seoured, the escape assistance provided, and the high morale effeot on POW as a result of direot contact with their o~ forces.
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