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MEMORANDUM: "THE LIAR'S DIARY"

FOR: PERSONNEL OF S-LEVEL CLEARANCE ASSIGNED TO INTELLIGENCE

SUBJECT; ARTICLE 5.23123.392 AND RELATED NOTES AND DOCUMENTS

FOLLOWING PORTFOLIO CONTAINS THE PERSONAL NOTES OF KNOWN TRAITOR MENMA UZUMAKI RETAINED BY ANBU OPERATIVES FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL ASSASSINATION OF THE TARGET. THE NOTES ARE A SERIES OF LETTERS COMPOSED BY THE TARGET AND ADDRESSED TO HIS BROTHER, THE HONORABLE LORD HOKAGE, NARUTO UZUMAKI. THESE LETTERS, DESIGNATED AS ARTICLE 5.23123.392 BY ARCHIVES, HAVE COME TO BE CALLED "THE LIAR'S DIARY" BY OPERATIVES WITHIN INTELLIGENCE DUE TO THE MANY PROVEN FALSEHOODS AND TIMELINE INCONSISTENCIES FOUND WITHIN THE TEXT.

OPERATIVES ARE ADVISED TO APPROACH EVERY READING WITH CAUTION - MISLEADING INTEL FOUND WITHIN THE DIARY HAS LED MANY KONOHA SHINOBI TO THEIR DEATHS, AND CAUSED A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL INCIDENTS.

NOTES WRITTEN BY APPROPRIATE OPERATIVES AND THE HOKAGE HIMSELF HAVE BEEN ADDED FOR TEXTUAL CLARITY.

PLEASE NOTE THAT CERTAIN PASSAGES HAVE BEEN REDACTED BY THE HOKAGE HIMSELF AND PASSAGES OF SPECIAL IMPORT HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL.

FINALLY - AND THIS SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING - THESE LETTERS DO NOT EXIST. ANY PERSONNEL CAUGHT DISCUSSING THE CONTENTS OF THESE LETTERS WITH ANYONE BELOW S-LEVEL CLEARANCE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH.