An item referred to a report of M.A. McCully, senior U.S. Member Allied Naval Armistice Commission (ANAC) at London, England dated 1 September 1919 to Force Commander Wm.S. Sims(1) reporting that regarded Peace Treaty article 193 Germany was to start with clearing mines in all waters of the Baltic Seas excluded territorial waters of other countries. She was to sweep from west to east between the entrance of the North Sea and the meridian of longitude 26 degrees east. If Germany was to sweep further areas in the Baltic was not yet decided.
Notes
William Sowden Sims (15 October 1858 Port Hope, Canada West-28 September 1936 Boston, Massachusetts, USA), commander-in-chief of the US naval forces in Europe during the First World War. Served in the US Navy between 1880-1922 ending in the
Source
National Archive. Misc. Material Print File World War August 1918-January 1922. Drawer 3. Microfilm No. T829-403.
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