obstacle, but I shall require assistance in obtaining the use of submarines: which are necessary for the introduction of agents already trained for the Adriatic and the Gulf of Genoa. C. COMMUNICATIONS. The most satisfactory method is to send craft (sea or air) to collect reports, but I am assuming that this will be impracticable for the Islands or Southern Coast, so we are reduced to W/T or R/T. As time is perilously short and may be insufficient for W/T training (3-4 months), I must request, in anticipation of my finding agents in Tunisia, support in obtaining the immediate allocation of 4 Hudson A/C, with crews for conversion and training in the use of R/T, which I believe may provide a means of obtaining answers to some of the questions which are so urgently needed by the Planning Staff.