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Lieutenant Commander John A. Gade, American Legation, Copenhagen, Denmark, to Office of Naval Intelligence

File No. 16-9-7.

CABLEGRAM RECEIVED. . . . . . July <23, 1918.> 23423  ALS. .

Origin. . . . Alusna. . Copenhagen. . . . . Ser. No. . . 0088. .

Ref’d to :  Date   :                ACTION NOTES and INITIALS.

  N-1    :  24 July:

 N-3     :  25

 C-5     :25/7/18. :

32 ADR

SECRET.

Simsadus:

0088. (For Navintel) Reliably informed through D.H. Germans above everything anxious in proposed German-English interchange of prisoners to procure back submarine officers. Their scarcity is of grave concern to Germany likewise information they might possess urgently desired. 19023 0088.

Gade          

R E T R A N S M I T.

Source Note: Cy, DNA, RG 45, Entry 517B. The date is handwritten but is confirmed by the time/date stamp at the end of the text.