THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON MEMORANDUM July 15, 1942 TO: THE PRESIDENT FROM: MR. LUBIN We have just received some preliminary figures from London on shipping losses for the week ending last Sunday (July 12).These figures show a loss for the week of something in excess of half a million tons of shipping. Final figures for the week will not be available for three or four days. This is the highest loss for any week on record. Twenty-two of the ships lost during the week were on the Murmansk-Archangel run. Seventeen were proceeding eastward and were loaded, and five were sailing west without cargo. |