740.0011 Pacific War/1079
Memorandum by the Assistant Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs (Atcheson) of a Conversation With Captain Roscoe E. Schuirmann of the Office of Naval Operations
[Washington,] December 7, 1941.
Captain Schuirmann telephoned Mr. Atcheson at ten minutes of five this evening and stated that a report had been received from the British Admiralty that from three to five Japanese ships were attacking Kota Bharu in British Malaya (just below Siam, 6° north, 102° east) and attempting to land troops there. [(]This information was communicated by Mr. Atcheson to the Secretary’s and to Mr. Hornbeck’s office).