This letter discusses the possibility of having the various firms under contract to build submarine chasers to consolidate their orders for purchases of fittings and castings.

This letter encloses the original decode of the Zimmermann Telegram as deciphered by a Mr. Bell of the American Embassy in London and an official in the Admiralty Office of the British Government. Mr. Bell used the encoded message received at the telegraph office in Washington, DC and deciphered it using cipher 13042, which was previously retrieved during World War I by the British Government. This decode of the Zimmermann Telegram helped to prove that the contents of the telegram were true and that it was not a hoax sent by belligerents.

This telegram informs the American Embassy in London that some members of Congress were attempting to discredit the Zimmermann Telegram, and asks if the Ambassador or someone from the Embassy could personally decode the original message obtained from the telegraph office in Washington. The Zimmermann Telegram, in its encoded form as it was sent to the German Minister to Mexico, is attached. This was telegram number 4494.

In this two reel film - Reel 1, Gen. Pershing, Field Marshal Haig, and Amb. Davis confer. Gens. Harbord, Headlam, Lassiter, Hines, Biddle, and Brewster congregate. Pershing decorates Brit. Gens. Fowke, Furze, Goodwin, MacDonogh, Clarke, and Butler. Pershing greets Winston Churchill and the Prince of Wales. U.S. troops pass in review. Haig, Pershing, Davis, Biddle, and others arrive at the Guildhall. King George and Queen Mary arrive at the royal reviewing stand. Pershing salutes the royalty as he passes the stand. Marshal Foch dismounts after passing the stand.

In this two reel film - Reel 1, athletes board the transport Great Northern. Pershing and Pres. Poincare arrive at the stadium in Paris. Pershing inspects and reviews Allied troops. Shows Henry White, Hoover, Robert Lansing, Gen. H.T. Allen, and Adm. H.S. Knapp in the grandstand. Athletes enter the stadium. Pershing dedicates the stadium. Reel 2, Gens. Pershing, Hunter Liggett, and Harbord arrive at Pershing Stadium. Italian aviators fly planes. Shows running and jumping contests. Pershing gives awards to Gen. Paul A. Wolf and other participants.

The Battle of Belleau Wood begins as the U.S. Marine Corps attacks the Germans across an open field of wheat, suffering huge casualties.

The Americans attack the Germans at Chateau-Thierry. This battle would morph into the larger Battle of Belleau Wood.

An Armistice is signed ending fighting on the Western Front