ANNEX BRITISH MOST SECRET AMERICAN SECRET AMERICAN J.I.C. 36/2. 29TH JULY, 1942, JOINT U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE GERMAN-SPANISH INTENTIONS IN NORTHWEST AFRICA 1. Evidence of Spanish Military Activity Reports agree that Spain is continuing the policy of strengthening Tangier and Spanish Morocco as a military base. Troop garrisons have been increased, supply dumps built up, and air fields expanded. Politically, efforts are being continued to win over Moorish leaders and expand the number of Moors in the Spanish Colonial Army.