German Navy denied British broadcast about Geman unrestricted submarine warfare according to a report of the American Naval Attaché at Berlin, Germany Nr. R562 dated 15 September 1939

Diary note dated Saturday 9 September 1939. An item reported that he was called on the phone around 19.30 o’clock by captain Mirow (1) who was head of the Attache Group in the German Navy department. Mirow stated that the British radio broadcast that Germany was waging unrestricted submarine warfare was enterily false and that the Kriegsmarine emphatically denied this broadcast. The Attaché immediately informed the Chargé and after dinner the US Navy Department.

Note

1. Hans Mirow (30 August 1895 Wandsbek-9 June 1986 Bremen, Germany), promoted in 1943 to the rank of rear admiral?

Source

National Archives. FDR Presidential Library&Museum Roosevelt PSFC000175. War diary Naval Attaché Berlin, volume 1 (1 September 1939-26 May 1940)