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

          IL-9841

              19 June 1918.

From:     SIMS

To  :     OPNAV.

              Urgent your 7417.1 I consider safest means of transferring personnel to Italy is in regular troop convoy to France thence by railroad to destination period. Equivalent loss of cargo to Italy could be made good by cargo ships period. Whole Mediterranean Sea is danger zone and is to be avoided by troop transports if possible period. I will try to arrange for escort for <GIUSEPPE> VERDI through Mediterranean Sea. 17419

SIMS

<OL-7417 – Request recommendation best routes ->

Source Note: Cy, DNA, RG 45, Entry 517B.

Footnote 1: This document has not been located.

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