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Rear Admiral Sir W. Reginald Hall, R.N., Naval Intelligence Division, British Admiralty, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters

<Cablegram,>                             <September 25, 1918.>

MOST SECRET

Admiral Sims

     The following false information has been conveyed to the enemy:- Convoys rendezvous at St. John’s Newfoundland, ships proceeding thither by the following route:-

 From 5 miles off Cape Race to 47° 25' North 52° 11' West, thence to harbour entrance.

WRHall.            

D.N.I.             

25.9.18            

Source Note: CS, DNA, RG 45, Entry 517B. The handwritten date is confirmed by the date typed below Hall’s signature.

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