1941 · Traffic Analysis · Werk 453 von 1.871

A large plotting table carrying a chart of the North Atlantic, the coastlines of Newfoundland, Iceland and Ireland drawn in fine lines, small wooden convoy markers standing in a cluster on the ocean, a second set of markers shaped as small submarines placed close to them, a typed slip weighted down at the chart edge by a brass paperweight, a black bakelite telephone with its handset lying off the cradle, a straight brown cloth covered cord running from the handset to the telephone body, a pencil and a pair of dividers, a green shaded lamp hanging low over the table as the only light, the operations room around it in darkness, the edge of a wall board fading into shadow.
Jeder Verweis nennt seine Art. „Vorläufer“ allein wäre eine Behauptung.