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pro-Allied feelings. In the third place, the solution was still not complete.
The missing portions would inevitably raise doubts about the validity of
the solution and so weaken its impact. Perhaps the British had failed to
solve a word like "not" that would completely alter the sense,
the arguments would run. Perhaps the British had not even correctly
solved the portion that they were offering as evidence of German
duplicity. Moreover, the gaps would shout "codebreaking," preventing
any subterfuges about captured codes or a stolen message and exposing
the very secret Britain sought to conceal.
But the most powerful argument against disclosure of the German
plot, with all the attendant difficulties, was that events might make it
unnecessary. Relations had been severed between Germany and the
United States. American public opinion seemed to be turning
increasingly against Germany. Shipping dared not sail; ports were
congested; men were laid off; business languished. Bitterness was
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