the desert routes. It would appear therefore that we could best interfere with the movement of enemy troops by putting out of action existing sources of water supply and by raids directed against enemy dumps when, and if, they are established. 5. We have accordingly drafted the telegram at Annex II which we suggest should be despatched by the War Office to the General Officer Commanding, West Africa. (Signed) C.S. DANIEL. I.S.O. PLAYFAIR. J.C. SLESSOR. Cabinet War Room, 14TH JULY, 1940. -2-.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Chad French West Africa Italian North Africa Niger Tunisia
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/99/47
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum Correspondence
- File Reference
- CAB 81/99
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0099.047
- Keywords
- Contingency Planning Imperial Defence Predicting Enemy Intentions Supply Problems Transportation
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Planning Staff
- Pages
- 6
- Persons Discussed
- C Edwards
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
