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I was playing a game and had some Japanese ships down in the southern Indian Ocean and received a message that the USA was alarmed by "Atlantic activity" and it appears to have increased their mobilization. Is this an intended event as I didn't see it documented anywhere in the manual for naval restrictions for USA mobilization. Here is what I found in the script files which appears to check for activity near Capetown and the Faulkland Islands which doesn't really seem to make much sense since they aren't anywhere near the USA and are checking areas outside the Atlantic. Also they would be easy to just avoid and move past them into the Atlantic anyways...

;REMOVE1942
;
; Japanese naval units in the South Atlantic
; 5-8% increase in US mobilization towards Allies
{
#NAME= Japanese Navy Aggression In The Atlantic (USA->Allies)
#POPUP= <<TAG_21>>
#IMAGE=
#SOUND=
#FLAG= 1
#TYPE= 1
#AI= 0
#LEVEL= 0
#GV= 1[1,100]
#LINK= 0[0]
#COUNTRY_ID= 115
#TRIGGER= 50
#DATE= 1939/09/01
; 5-8% mobilization increase towards Allies
#MOBILIZATION= [5,8] [2]
; Set variable conditions:
; 1st Line - Japan politically aligned with Axis and not surrendered
#VARIABLE_CONDITION= 60 [1] [100] [0]
#CONDITION_POSITION= 35,128 [5,5] [1,1] [1] [60]
#CONDITION_POSITION= 103,123 [13,13] [1,1] [1] [60]
}

Indeed, and the trigger is going to be changed slightly in the next patch. Essentially it is just there to discourage Japan going too far out of its own historical area of activity too early in the game.

Ok. It would be good to add that to the USA naval restriction zones in the manual as otherwise you get a nasty 5-8% USA mobilization increase which is pretty brutal and can significantly sway a close game. Maybe decrease the penalty as well so players get more of a warning?

Agreed, I've made a note to add it in.