Strategy- 1. the science of planning and directing large-scale military operations, specif. (as distinguished from TACTICS) of maneuvering forces into the most advantageous position prior to actual engagement with the enemy 2. skill in managing or planning.

-Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition.

This is an important position, this person must decide what your letter will say with regards to your military action. The military strategist will determine the contents of the spy letter, with the help of the cartographer, and cryptologist, everyone will determine where the letter will go, how it will be written, but the military strategist will write the contents of the letter. The following web sites will help you to write your letter. Look at examples from real American Revolution spies.

Stories of Spy Letters

Important Battles of The American Revolution

Graphic Organizer for Letter Writing