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detail, and he told me every intimate thing connected with <add>them</add> <del/>. I was interested
in what he had to say about the submarine situation. It happens they bagged
four yesterday, perhaps two more. It is the biggest haul they have had in any
one day since the war began. He explained how they were overcoming the menace.
How many they had caught to date; how many submarines the Germans had; how many
were in northern waters and how many in southern, and how many were in commission
at one time.
The Prime Minister told me the other day that Geddes was anxious to go
back to the work of military transportation which he left to come to the Admir-
alty. I asked Geddes his reason for this. He went into great detail as to
why he thought it was more important for him to do that work than to be First
Lord of the Admiralty. He evidently considers that the work of the First Sea
Lord can be done by someone else, and that he is the only man who can do the other
work as efficiently as it should be done.
Geddes expressed wonder at my knowledge of him and <add>his</add> <del/> work as it was
the first time we had met. I explained that he was one of the many men I had
carefully estimated and had pigeon-holed for future reference. We discussed
the control of submarines by mine barrages, and I urged him to close the Straits
of Dover and make a finality of that passage. He said he had it in mind. I
am sure he has, for Benson had been insisting upon this being done ever since
he has been here.
And this reminds me that someone told me the other day that the British
thought Admiral Sims a first <add>rate</add> <del/> man until Admiral Benson appeared upon the
scene. The members of the Mission have made a favorable impression as far as
I can learn, and have worked harmoniously. There has not been a discordant
note struck, either in public or private. This is the one thing I have been
insistent upon and anxious about. I hope the record will continue clear until
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