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territorial waters will never enjoy
the return trip portion Of their voy-
age. Furthermore, the percentage
of one-way trafnc Is increasing. while
that of two-way traflc Is satisfac-
torily on the decline.
But there will be no information
given out about the fate of the
enemy submarine excursionists who
don't get home until that tnforma-
ton is no longer of aid and COM
fort to the enemy.
This is a phase of the game Of
war secrecy into which every Amer
lean should enter enthusiastically.
'It is a phase which is not only i'm
portant from the purely military
viewpoint of naval operations. but
from the viewpoint Of psychological
counter offensive as well.
The Nazis think themselves pref
ty clever in the field of psychology
ical warfare. Secrecy regarding the
fate of their submarines is a coun-
ter blow the American people can
give them which may serve to shake
some Of their super confidence.
TT Is game In which every
American can and should partici-
pate. The Navy will take care Of
enemy submarines, and the people
can help the Navy and the country
by keeping quiet about what they
see or hear Of the process or its re-
suits. ..
The press and the radio have
made a great, patriotic contribution
by voluntarily disciplining them
selves in the matter of reporting
such incidents as may have come TO
their attention unofiicially.
Let the Enemy Guess.
"All the people can make the
same contribution. Even If you
have seen a submarine captured or
destroyed. keep 1t to yourself. Let
the enemy guess what happened.
Whispers and gossip can give
information of value or comfort to
the enemy. II you know something,
keep 1t to yourself If you hear
something, stop its circulation with
you-dont pass 1t on.
of ILLS COIlOuCb cNcIs hIlcIlCdH
can make his contribution to the
Navy's worldwide effort to elm.
mate the enemy submarine menace.
Then. as soon as the whole story
can be told without giving aid or
comfort to the enemy, it will be told,
frankly and officially.
"As Secretary Knox said on De-
cember 81:
THE release of information Of
attacks on our shipping, unaccom-
panied by information as to what
We are doing to protect 1t. must not
be construed by the public as an
indication that the Navy has done
nothing about 1t.
Details Of Attacks withheld.
Immediate announcement of the
strength and disposition of the
United States naval forces which
are combating enemy submarines.
the methods that we have used, and
the place and time of our attacks
upon them. would provide the enemy
with military information he would
dearly love 10 nave.
Not everybody can get a chance
to personally participate in the anti
submarine actions at sea. but every
American can regard silence and
secrecy as his own personal anti
submarine weapon.
Late last summer, Secretary Knox
first said he would not give results
Of encounters of United States Navy
craft with submarines unless the en-.
counters were on the surface. It Is
very diffcult to tell absolutely when
submarine has been sunk or de-
stroyed, he said. In the December
81 statement, however. Secretary
Knox Jumped the total Atlantic en-
gagements into one statement and
said that the Navy had probably
sunk or damaged at least IA Axis
submarines in the Atlantic UP to
December a."
A policy Of silence, particularly
with regard to whispering cam
paigns, was advocated by Brig. Gen.
Frank E. Lowe. assistant to the
Army Chief Of Staff.
And in an address here yesterday
before the National Defense Forum
sponsored by the General Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs. he inter-
polated q remark that "if we don't
fight In all four corners of the
world I would be surprised"