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Defence of the Air Reinforcement Route across French Equatorial Africa. Report by the J.I.C.

1 Apr 1942

8. Organised sabotage in French Equatorial Africa is unlikely assuming reasonable vigilance. We have no evidence of any attempts to organise sabotage there. (Signed) V. CAVENDISH-BENTINCK. C.R.W. LAMPLOUGH (for D.N.I.) J.M. KIRKMAN (for D.M.I.) " " " " C.E.H. MEDHURST. C.G. VICKERS. Great George Street, S.W.1. 8TH MAY, 1942. APPENDIX PART I AIR 1. The most vulnerable points on the air reinforcement routes across French Equatorial Africa are the following:(a) Takoradi-Accra-Lagos (b) (c) Kano-Fort Lamy Fort Archambault.
chad libya air warfare aircraft dahomey colonies ivory coast transportation second world war defence military intelligence joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff free french victor cavendish-bentinck denis capel-dunn geoffrey vickers vichy regime french west africa french equatorial africa troop movements charles medhurst togoland
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Chad Dahomey French Equatorial Africa French West Africa Ivory Coast Libya Togoland
Document Reference
CAB 81/108/17
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 81/108
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0108.017
Keywords
Air Warfare Transportation Troop Movements Defence Free French Vichy Regime Colonies Aircraft
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
5
Persons Discussed
Denis Capel-Dunn Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Charles Medhurst Geoffrey Vickers
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. April - July 1942. Papers Numbers. JIC 156-255. Volume XVIII
Themes
Military Intelligence

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