TELEGRAM
 
The White House
Washington
 
Preliminary summary Halseys attack.
 
Many ships auxiliary and merchant type, sunk and damaged in Kwajelein atoll by torpedo and bomb attack. Several merchant type sunk beached and damaged: Kotjy by bombing and bombardment. Tarca island air base heavily bombed and bombarded extensive damage. Watje island believed
 
severely damaged by bombardment. Roi and KwaJelein islands
 
bombed and strafed intermediate damage. Many enemy planes
 
destroyed on ground and in air. Fletcher reports heavily
 
damaging two auxiliary type vessels in Jaluit.
 
           Our damage Chester one bomb hit well deck can make
 
thirty knots. Enterprise intermediate damage believed to be slight caused by near misses. Still under attack.
 
Six planes failed to return.
 
USS Wakefield ex SS Manhattan damaged in singapore
 
area by bomb hit, eleven men killed three wounded no under-
 
water damage.
 
Will keep you advised.
 
MCCREA.
 
Feb 1 1942.
 
Document found in the O'Connor-Farber Collection of Materials relating to FDR's Estate. Opened for research-July 22, 1987.