Office of the Historian

740.0011 P.W./684: Telegram

The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

London, December 6, 1941—4 p.m.
[Received December 6—10:40 a.m.]

5918. Personal to the Secretary and the President. British Admiralty reports that at 3 a.m. London time this morning two parties seen off Cambodia Point, sailing slowly westward toward Kra 14 hours distant in time. First party 25 transports, 6 cruisers, 10 destroyers. Second party 10 transports, 2 cruisers, 10 destroyers.

Winant