I have had time to think about the extraordinary accuracy of the timing signal from the spacecraft and have noticed two features which set me thinking. First the signal is absolute not relative, that is there is some kind of counter yielding a time rather than just a regular beat. This signal is similar to but different from the signal from the recently launched satellite in space but differs from it very slightly. In trying to account for the differenceIrealiseIwas using newtonian mechanics but maybe we need to use relativity to explain it. The clock in the orbiting satellite seems to be running slowly but maybe that is a result of time dilationIkeep thinking that the timer is the key to understanding the purpose of these satellites. AnywayIbroke the last message and have the beginning of a plan: the soviets don't seem to be tracking us too well under water. I propose that we surface out of sight of the weather ship and land our own party of marines to intercept the beacon we can then submerge and make out that we are trying to engage the leninsky komosomov as a diversion. Our morse transcription machine works well butIadjusted it a little to cope with the full morse alphabetIseem to have switched one of the circuits by mistake and the zero now stands for the dot instead of the dash but it is pretty easy to work with it this way andIthinkIwill leave it.