Decreasing activities of enemy submarines in Eastern Pacific according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 8 January 1942

An item reported that some enemey submarines seemed to be active south of Oahua, Two were even sighted. One on 6 January in the area of the Queen Charlotte Straits on the position latitude 50.50 north and longitude 127.40 west, northern point of Vancouver Island. An R.D.F. fix reported another one in the area around 100 miles north west of Cape Mendecino, California, USA. The J.I.C. commented that reports of enemy submarines operating in the Eastern Pacific were less frequent in the past week. This could be caused by returning to their bases or going to a rendezvous with a mother ship for fuel and supplies.

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Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 29 dated 8 January 1942