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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

Chronological Copy.         FMR          File No. <11/1/1>

Cablegram Sent November 27, 1917.

To   OpNav, Washington         Serial No. 1742

Prep. by  BAL              NCT  R.1

VERY SECRET_

1742. Your 1296.2 Plan proposed may slow up shipping too much. Suggest no definite action be taken until matter is discussed with Admiralty. Further reply will be sent. <21327.>

SIMS.

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

Footnote 1: “BAL” was Cmdr. Byron A. Long, the aide on Sims’ staff who handled convoy matters; “NCT” was Sims’ Chief of Staff Capt. Nathan C. Twining. The “R.” is printed. There is a line below this line but the entries are crossed through and unreadable.

Footnote 2: See: Office of Chief of Naval Operations to Sims, 24 November 1917. The plan was to send slow convoys “of about 20 ships destination Italian port for Gibraltar via Azores Islands.”

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