Read the excerpt from The Dark Game.
Cable messages from Europe to the United States
traveled through transatlantic cables that passed deep
in the English Channel. The British saw the cables as
an opportunity to gain access to secret diplomatic
messages sent from Berlin to its ambassador in
Washington, D.C. Knowing they couldn't tap the
cables the way they could tap phone lines, the British
did the next best thing. The cable ship Telconia cut all
five of the cables that carried communications through
the channel. To make sure that the sabotage had a
lasting effect, the Telconia rolled up a few of the cable
ends on her drums and carried them to England. This
act of sabotage was Great Britain's first offensive act
of the war.
Which inference can a reader make based on the
information in the excerpt?
O The Germans often sent important messages
concerning their war efforts to their ambassador in
Washington, D.C.
Although the British cut the underwater cables, the
Germans planned to lay new ones as quickly as
possible.
Without the underwater cables, the Germans had
no way of communicating with their ambassadors.
The German ambassador in Washington, D.C. was
unaware that the cables had been cut by the British.