Only 2,000 tons of low-grade motor spirit were to be discharged from the "Sheherezade" at Dakar. But it is important to consider the oil supply position in French North and West Africa as a whole. We are not preventing the movement of oil from the Mediterranean to French West Africa, or vice versa, and there appears to be an increasing movement of fuel, including aviation spirit, by desert routes from the North. If this sea and land traffic continues, there is no reason why the requisite stock of fuel should not have been built up between Dakar and Zinder by mid-October.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Algeria Chad Dahomey France French Guinea French Sudan French West Africa Guinea Ivory Coast Libya Morocco Niger Senegal Sudan United States of America Vichy France
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/103/26
- Document Types
- Memorandum Correspondence
- File Reference
- CAB 81/103
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0103.026
- Keywords
- Vichy Regime French Armed Forces Invasion Preparations Oil French Air Force Troop Movements Military Supplies
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 7
- Persons Discussed
- Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Davidson Charles Medhurst Stephen Shoosmith Geoffrey Vickers
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence
