r DECLASSIFIED - 1 lg ACTUAL DESPATCH I NEWSPAPER ARTICLE FRCM CINCPAC INFO TO OOMINCH GINO PACIFIC FLEET ESTIMATE MIDWAY FORCE ORGANI ZATICN STRIKING FORCE IRE STRINIAU FORCE - FOUR CARRIERS FOUR AKAGI KAGA HIRYU SORIU THE AKAGA AND KAGA OF 26 900 IONS EACH AND IRE HIRIU AND SORYU of 10 000 TONS EACH TWO KIRISPIINAL BATILESHIPS OF IRE KIRISHIMA CLASS 29 000 TONS with 14 ANCH GUNS TWO TONE GLASS CRUISERS TWO CRUISERS CF THU TONE CLASS NEW 8 500 6 1 INCH GUN SHIPS 12 DESTROIERS SCREEN AND PLANE GUARD TWELVE DESTROIERS SUPPORT FORCE SUPPORT FORCE THE SUPPORT FORCE IS DES- SCRIBED BY THE SAME SOURCE AS COMPRISING ONE UNIT VICTOR 0R XRAY CAST VICTOR ONE AIRCRAFT CARRIER OF THE RYUZIO CLASS 7 100 TONS 2 KIRISRIMAS TWO ICIRISRINA CLASS RARTIESHIPS 4 MOGAMIS FOUR NEW 8 500-TON CRUISERS OF THE MOGAMI CLASS-INCLUDING THE MOGAMI MIKUMA SUZUYA l5 GUNS OF CAL- IBEERS 1 ATAGO ONE LIGHT CRUISER 10 DD SCREEN TEN DESTROYERS OCCUPATION FORCE OCCUPATION FORCE THE OCCUPATION FORCE IN- eluded TAKAO FOUR CHAKAS MYOKO AND ONE MIOKOS QUESTION CHODA AIL BELIEVED OF 8 500 IONS WITH MAIN ONE CHITOMS ONECHIIODA BATTERIES OF 6-INCH GUNS TWO DASH FOUR KAUIKAWA MARU TWO ARMCRED TRANSPORTS OF IHE KUNIKISNEA MARU CLASS - CONVIETED IINERS JOIILDASH SIX KING FOUR TO SIX TROOPSHIPS EIGHT SLANT TWELVE AFIRM PREP EIGHT TO 12 SUPPLY VESSEIS TWELVE DESTBCIERS TWELVE DESIROYERS SIXTEEN SAIL SAIL N RECON- ZEN SUBMARINE NAISANCE AND TING MISSION MID PACIFIC DASH HAWAIIAN AREA                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu