十二月六日 土曜日 曇驟雨 日出前後は晴れそうなりしも其の後風向南西に変りし為晴れやらす遂に終日曇、 日没後は驟雨さえ加はれり。 一七〇〇作戦緊急信にて通信部隊発信ハワイの北方八〇〇哩に敵潜一隻、 他の一隻と通信しつゝあり。吾連合方位測定中との情報あり。吾等の航行付近 なれは一寸緊張させられる。〇二三四日出、一二二五日没なり。 本日も入浴日とて体を拭く、気温高まり稍暑し、冬着を変更の要あり。 <空母赤城艦長であった長谷川喜一大佐の日誌特集> http://www.nids.go.jp/military_archives/news/pdf/sensi_news_16.pdf The flagship of the Flrst Air Fleet, the 38,000-ton carrier HIJMS Akagi, shared triple radio duty. Its radio transmitter served three masters with different radio call signs: Captain Kiichi Hasegawa of the Akagi, whose radio code name was 8 YU NA, http://www.mailstar.net/pearl-harbor.html
I have been informed that the Chinese Government has hired 100 pilots and 181 ground personnel to man and service 100 P-40's. In the next few months we are delivering to China 269 pursuit planes and 66 bombers. The Chinese pilot training program here will not begin to turn out well-trained pilots until next summer. In the interim, therefore, I think we should facilitate the hiring by the Chinese Government further volunteer pilots here. I suggest, therefore, that beginning in January, you should accept the resignations of additional pilots and ground personnel as care to accept employment in China, up to a limit of 100 pilots and a proportional number of ground personnel. I am directing Mr.Lauchlin Currie to see that representatives of China carry out the hiring program with the minimum of inconvenience to the Navy and also to see that no more are hired than are necessary.