RW> RW> They were paying passengers on board.  There was still
RW> RW> passenger liners running at that time.
RW> CC> They were paying them to come on board?  Must've been a lot
RW> CC> to die for? 
RW> No, no, no.  They (the Americans) were paying (as
RW> paying for a ticket) passengers (riding the ship to get
RW> from here to there).
Did they not know where they were going or told they were going somewhere 
else?
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