released in 2005 byt the NSA, this is a rather confusing document to read with numbers and letters all over the place and not all of them line up.


page 1

event probably occurred on August 24/2002 at 0745

most info blanked out but lots of codes to see.
was sent from USM 626J to GOLF ELEVEN/ALFA
PLUS COMUSTDC
COMNAFORJAPAN
(some other blanked out entity)
ZEM

marked SECRETKINDO

page 2

refers to a follow up reaction of something possibly an attack. mentions the 'desoto mission' and orders them to go high speed to the enemy (with possibly another vessel as they want them parallel) and to launch torpedoes. they have been tracking and following 'the enemy' and again mention the desoto mission.

A little more info on the Desoto Patrols:

The "Desoto Patrols" were involved in intelligence gathering missions outside the internationally recognized territorial waters and along the coasts of the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, and North Vietnam.

NSA historian Robert Hanyok later explained, these missions had twin objectives:

to collect intelligence in support of the embarked commander and higher level authorities and to assert freedom of navigation in international waters

In a Desoto patrol, an unescorted destroyer, sails as far as possible into enemy waters, flaunting their concept of territory while collecting intelligence for eventual hostile use. They were also used to gauge DRV coastal defenses.