Key Information
Reference code
MAURICE, FB 3/5/40
Title
Copy letter from [Admiral Lord] Fisher to Cabinet Secretary Maurice Hankey, Mar 1917, about the need for action against German submarines
Date(s)
- 1917 Mar 30 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2pp
Scope and content
Fisher to Hankey. Criticism that German submarine menace is increasing and not enough is being done. Enclosing letters to be presented to P.M. and War Cabinet [not here]. Typed carbon copy 2 pp Cutting from Daily Mail, Mar 31st 1917 on same subject with notes [by Fisher]. Typed extracts from press reports about 'U Boats' in April 1916, with annotations [by Fisher] that this is nearly a year ago.