No Diversions; Shakedown Cruise

MON 29 JAN 1940
British Admiralty orders that no American ships should, under any circumstances, be diverted into the war zone delineated by President Roosevelt in the provisions of the Neutrality Act.

Light cruiser Helena (CL-50) steams from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Montevideo, Uruguay, on her shakedown cruise (see 2 February).

U.S. freighter Exochorda is detained at Gibraltar by British authorities (see 1 February).