Telegram from President Harry S. Truman to Prime Minister Winston Churchill

CR 5942 D/T 04 2213 OPERATIONAL PRIORITY PERSONAL AND SECRET DECLASSIFIED by authe, State Dest Its to NARS 8-10-72 NUMBER 26 NL memo to NLT 4-12-73 TO: THE PRIME MINISTER FROM: THE PRESIDENT and ARCHIVES REGUROS AND Jones ONATIONAL SERVICE" FOLLOWING IS PROPOSED SUBMARINE STATEMENT FOR APRIL: "GERMAN SUBMARINE ACTIVITY CONTINUED DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL. YET DESPITE ENEMY UNDERWATER OPERATIONS, FEWER UNITED NATIONS MERCHANT VESSELS WERE SUNK IN APRIL THAN IN MARCH AND THE NUMBER OF U-BOAT RAIDERS SENT TO THE BOTTOM WAS PRACTICALLY DOUBLE THE NUMBER DESTROYED IN MARCH. MOREOVER, THE NAZIS LOST MORE U-BOATS IN APRIL THAN N ANY MONTH IN NEARLY A YEAR. THE ENEMY SUBMARINE MENACE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ALL OF THE U-BOATS HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR, AND THERE CAN BE NO LET-DOWN IN THE VIGILANCE OF OUR FORCES. VIRTUALLY ALL GERMAN BASES IN FRANCE HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND THE GERMANS ARE OPERATING FROM BASES IN THE BALTIC SEA AND IN NOWEIGIAN PORTS. THE MAJOR U-B0AT ACTIVITY IS AROUND THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH A SMALL NUMBER PENETRATING INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC." (SIGNED) TRUMAN Gallue Adu Starts