Presence of enemy submarines in the Caribbean according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 25 February 1942

An item reported that during the last 24 hours hardly any enemy submarines had been active in the Atlantic. An second item reported that an American destroyer in the Atlantic sighted the day before two torpedo wakes believing there were two enemy submarines present in the vinicity 10.4 North latitude-79.41 West longitude=around 45 miles north north east of the Panama Canal. The J.I.C. commented that there seemed to be 5-6 submarines present in the Caribbean.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 77 dated 25 February 1942