Originally Posted by CapZap1970

A secret agreement was made between Doenitz and the americans, for 2 german submarines to sail to United States with very important people and some very sensitive infomation on board. This was done so the important documents would not be captured by Russia. The thing is that in their journey, the subs were atteacked on several occasions despite the agreement, and of course, in order to preserve their lives and the lives of those important prson aboard, they had to torpedo some military ships. Those details are ignored by most people, but yes, t the end both subs finally surrendered and their precious cargo delivered.
Of course, for propaganda purposes, it was said that the subs were "captured" and the germans sunk those american military on their trip`as they were trying to escape to Buenos Aires (Argentina) when the war was about to finish. Nothing was mentioned ever about the agreement until a couple of years ago, when some secret documents were desclassified by the US government.
CapZap