IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT ON BOARD THE TITANIC BY JOHN PHILLIPS, THE SENIOR WIRELESS OPERATOR, WHILST SHE WAS ON PASSAGE FROM BELFAST TO SOUTHAMPTON PRIOR TO HER TRANSATLANTIC VOYAGE. THE ATTACHED SLIP OF PAPER, HOWEVER, IS FROM THE MEMORANDA PAD OF THE OLYMPIC, WHICH WAS CAPTAIN SMITH'S PREVIOUS COMMAND. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT CAPTAIN SMITH USED AN OLD PIECE OF OLYMPIC STATIONARY TO SCRAWL OUT A MESSAGE FOR PHILLIPS TO SEND ALONG WITH A RETURN SIGNAL TO THE OLYMPIC