Which inference can a reader make based on the
information in the excerpt?
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.
The Germans often sent important messages
concerning their war efforts to their ambassador in
Washington, D. C.
O 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.
O The German ambassador in Washington, D. C. was
unaware that the cables had been cut by the British.