File No. 841.857/193
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Germany (Grew)
3586. Department advised that British ship Sebek, Liverpool to Alexandria, with Americans on board, was torpedoed without warning, October 12, ten miles east of Malta.
Department also advised that Norwegian vessel Delta [Delto], en route from Naples to Wales in ballast, with Americans on board, was sunk, October 31, by cannon-shot from German submarine 55 miles off Cape Palos, Spain.
Please bring these cases in which lives of American citizens appear to have been jeopardized by German submarines to the attention of the German Government and request immediate investigation and report.