An item reported that the estimated number of enemy submarines active along the northern part of the North American west coast was smaller than it used to be for a long time. On the other hand the estimated number of submarines off the northern Brazilian coast had never been such large. The submarines active on the Atlantic west of the longitude of the Azores had on 30 May as estimated positions: Cape Race [Newfoundland]-Cape Sable [Florida, USA} 2 on station land 5 to eastward on passage (3 eastbound and 2 westbound); Cape Cod-Charleston, South Carolina 6 on station well distributed (1 well off shore) and 6 to eastward on passage (4 eastbound and 2 westbound); Charleston-Florida Straits, 1 in Florida Straits on passage eastbound and 2 to eastward on passage (1 eastbound and 1 westbound); Gulf of Mexico, 1 off Mississippi Delta; Caribbean, 6 (3 in northwestern Caribbean, 1 off northeastern Cuba, and 2 in eastern part of area), and 3 to eastward (1 on station, 1 on passage eastbound, and 1 on passage westbound); Amazon River-Cape San Roque [Brazil] 4 near coast and 1 well to eastward; total accounted for above 37 (21 on station, 10 on passage eastbound and 6 on passage westbound."
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 172 dated 31 May 1942
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