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Rh I had been given free access to the "wireless" room, and I was able to operate. Therefore, whenever I wished the captain to receive a message, I merely had to wait till I was left alone in the "wireless" room, and then send my message to the Hibernia, which was following us.

I informed the Hibernia that I was the shore operator with messages for this ship. I gave the message to the Hibernia then, and left. The Hibernia, believing she had really received a message for us from shore, then called us by "wireless" and sent back my message to the ship for our regular operator to take down.

In that way I composed a message to fit every occasion and had it arrive when I needed it. Of course, I took risks. Many passengers heard my sending. But the "wireless" room is away from the officers, and the others supposed our regular operator was at work.

As we approached the American side, I merely had to repeat the same operation via 340