Read the excerpt from "Tools of the Spymaster."

In the summer of 1777, British General Sir Henry Clinton, in New York City, had to keep in touch with General John Burgoyne, whose troops were heading down the Hudson Valley, and with General Sir William Howe, who was supposed to link up with Burgoyne but instead had chosen to take Philadelphia.

Howe believed that "friends of [the British] Government" along the Hudson would make Burgoyne's task easy. But along the Hudson there were also many enemies of the British. A Peekskill man, for example, although paid to be a courier for Burgoyne, handed the general's message to the Americans. Other British couriers who rode south were never heard from again.

General Burgoyne gave a message to a courier who ended up giving it to the Americans is the statement includes explicit information from the text. Hence, option D is correct.

What is explicit information?

Explicit information is contained in phrases that are conveyed with precise and definite objectives, and includes elements that are obvious and cannot be disputed by others. In this text, it is evident that General Burgoyne gave the courier the message, which was ultimately conveyed to the Americans.

According to the text, there were numerous British adversaries who communicated with Americans by sending them messages and information. Peek skill served as Burgoyne's courier, but he ultimately delivered the news to Americans.

Thus, option D is correct.

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The options are missing from the question-

A) General Burgoyne’s misjudgments led to failures in communication between British troops.

B) Several people pretended to be friends of General Howe but were actually spies for the Americans.

C) General Clinton needed to communicate with other British leaders in order to coordinate attacks.

D) General Burgoyne gave a message to a courier who ended up giving it to the Americans.