ENEMY ARITHMETIC
(Rec. 11.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, December' 27- --. official radio said that the Navy Minister, Admiral Shimada, told the Diet Japanese submarines had sunk 35 Allied merchantmen of 270,000 tons in the Indian Ocean and off South Africa since May. In the same period the Japanese destroyed 905 Allied planes in the New Britain and Solomons area. He said the Japanese had sunk, among others, 11 Allied battleships, and 11 carriers, while the Japanese lost 52 naval vessels, including one battleship, three carriers, four cruisers, 15 destroyers, nine submarines, and 20 of various other types. Also 65 merchantmen.
The areas and periods of the Japanese claims were not specified.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 154, 28 December 1942, Page 5
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