LESS INFORMATION TO ENEMY
Names Of Sunken Ships Not To Be Published (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, April 30. The policy of publishing weekly details of losses caused by enemy action to Allied and neutral merchant ships has been changed, and in future disclosures will be confined to a statement giving the number of ships lost and the total tonnage, but not the names of the ships. This change has been made in order to prevent information which may be to his advantage reaching the enemy regarding the efficacy or otherwise of the measures he has taken.
During recent operations the naval forces inflicted very heavy losses on the enemy, the full extent of which cannot be definitely measured. The only specific information of these losses which the authorities here can give is based on what has been actually observed by the forces. On the other hand, the Admiralty’s weekly records of sinkings, accompanied by the fullest details, presented the enemy with information which often is not otherwise available, and which might prove of the utmost value to him It is in these circumstances that the change of policy has been made.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 185, 2 May 1940, Page 9
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191LESS INFORMATION TO ENEMY Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 185, 2 May 1940, Page 9
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