DEPARTMENT OF STATE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
PARAPHRASE
Telegram No: 4855
Dated: October 11 5 p.m.
From: London
Rec'd: October 11 12:30 p.m.
FROM MR. HARRIMAN FOR MR. HOPKINS
As a supplement to our cables Nos. 3028 and 2616 there follow
figures in hundred thousand dollars giving the losses at sea
which have taken place in respect to goods of United States origin,
and the percentage lost in relation to "shipments":
Item June July
Losses Percent Losses Percent
Raw Materials 9 3.1 15 5.4
Food and Feed 7 10.5 nil nil
Aircraft nil nil 13 3.5
Naval equipment 4 1.3 5 2.2
and munitions
Total 20 2.2 33 3.2
January January
Through Through
June July
Losses Percent Losses Percent
Raw Materials 144 6.7 159 6.6
Food and Feed 12 5.1 12 3.2
Aircraft 99 6.5 111 5.9
Naval equipment 65 5.9 71 5.2
and munitions
Total 320 6.4 333 5.8
10/11/41
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