American naval attache at Rome, Italy reported on 13 December 1940 No. 656-40 referring to a not specified source that when foreign correspondents were invited to inspect warships at Naples American correspondents first not were invided because being non-belligerent instead of neutral but finally at the last moment included. The ships had been involved in an engagement south of Sardinia (NA649-40).
Source
National Archives USA. Record Group 38: Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Series: Secret Naval Attaches Reports.M975-002.
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