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Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations

August 11, 1918 AHI     

Opnav Washington                                     2734

       C-1                             SX

                                           42 ARD

S E C R E T

2734. Your 9272.1 French Ministry has cabled Admiral Gret2 that H.B.Convoys are to be organized by Navy Department who controls them. Admiralty concur. 201211. 2734.

SIMS.                  

 

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Source Note: Cy, DNA, RG45, Entry 517B. The handwritten date is confirmed by the time/date stamp at the end of the document.

Footnote 1: This cable has not been located.

Footnote 2: Vice Admiral Sir William Lowther Grant, Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Stations.

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