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Naval History and Heritage Command

Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Radio Station, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

 

U. S. NAVAL RADIO SERVICE

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AT STATION.-----SAN DOMINGO   RADIO          8/13/18 10.30 PM

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WASHINGTON

<To: San Domingo, Radio Station>

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Govt War Warning Begins-

                    Enemy Submarine may be encountered between Latitudes of Cape Race and Cape Hatteras and South East of New-Foundland South of Nova Scotia and East of Nantucket.1

Ends.              

Source Note: Cy, DNA, RG 45, Entry 517B. There is a distribution list below close: “Copy TO BRIGADE, KWASIND, INTELLIGENCE OFFICE.”

Footnote 1: The submarines U-140 and U-117 were still operating in American waters at this time.

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