An item claimed that the enemy submarines west of the longitude of the Azores on the west Atlantic Ocean were on 20 April positioned as follows 6 close in along the North American coast between Nova Scotia and Cape Lookout, 2 close in along the east coast of Florida; 3 well off shore to southeastward of Nova Scotia; 4 well off shore to northwestward of Bermuda; 5 between latitudes of Northern Newfoundland and New York and longitudes of Newfoundland and Bermuda, 4 to eastward and northeastward of Bermuda; 4 (maximum) in Caribbean; 2 (possibly) off north coast of Brazil; total 30. The submarines to the eastward of a line between Cape Race and Bermuda appear to be on passage, about one-half eastbound and one-half westbound."
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 132 dated 21 April 1942
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