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1 The statements published were not false, but they were inconclusive and intentionally so. They gave the number of British ships sunk, but not their tonnage, and not the total losses of British, Allied, and neutral tonnage.

2 See Appendices II and III for my cable and letter to the Navy Department, explaining the submarine situation in detail.

3 See Appendix IV for my statement to Washington on arming merchant ships.

4 For specimens of my reports to the Navy Department in these early days see Appendices II and III.

5 See Appendix II.