Andrew Boyd's account follows intelligence gathered through naval attachés, open sources, professional exchanges and political access. British assessments tracked American construction and commercial ambitions as the wartime alliance gave way to renewed naval competition. Both governments also disputed the future of the German fleet and the meaning of freedom of the seas. Knowledge of practical limits and negotiating priorities helped intermediaries secure compromise. The resulting concessions concerned American building programmes, support for the League of Nations and freedom-of-the-seas wording.
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Intelligence managed Anglo-American naval rivalry after 1918
British reporting tracked American building plans, commercial ambitions, design work, and negotiating aims during the tense transition from wartime alliance to naval competition.