AS-2-nO. 3984, DEC. 6, MIDNIGHT, FROM LONDON.
 
TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THIS COUNTRY IS BELIEVED TO BE ABOUT 9,500,000 
 
GROSS TONS, ALL OF WHICH IS, OF COURSE, GREATLY REDUCED IN CARRYING 
 
CAPACITY AS A RESULT OF WARTIME CONDITIONS.
 
     PLEASE INFORM TRUITT THAT MORE DETAILED FIGURES WERE 
 
CONTAINED IN A DISPATCH SENT BE THE NAVAL ATTACHE TO THE NAVY
 
DEPARTMENT ON DECEMBER 5.
 
 
                         JOHNSON
 
TFV
 
 
REGRADED UNCLASSIFIED