UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET
                    SUPPORT FRANCE
                     U.S.S. PRAIRIE, Flagship
 
                              Newport, R. I., 
FIRST ENDORSEMENT to
CDD13 Secret Ltr file
DD13/L11-1 dated 17
May, 1941.
 
From:          Commander Support Force, ATLANTIC FLEET.
To:       Commander in Chief, ATLANTIC FLEET.
 
Subject:  Events in connection rescue survivors S.S. SALEIER(Dutch) 
     1. Forwarded.
 
          2. The report of this incident was first made to Comm ander 
Support Force by Commander Ryan in person on the return of the NIBLACK 
to Newport, R.I. Commander Support Force took into consideration two 
pertinent factors; first, the elapsed time from ll April to the date 
the report was made, 28 April, and, second that the matter was an 
accomplished fact. My decision at that time was that best interest 
would be served by holding the information in my own hands and
making no further report to higher authority. Recently there is evidence 
that some information regarding this incident has leaked out. It is 
therefore now considered that an official report of the matter must 
be forwarded.
 
 
                              A.L. Bristol, Jr.