OSS MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORTS - JANUARY 1944

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REPORT ON OSS ACTIVITIES
FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1944.
Attached are reports concerning OSS personnel,
Washington appointments, the four theaters of operation,
ETO, NATO, MET? and FETO (SEAC and Detachment 101) and
reports on the following Branches: Communications, Field
Photographic, Foreign Nationalities, R & A, Security Of-
fice and Schools and Training.
Other Branches are not covered separately be-
cause it was believed their activities would more proper-
ly be treated under the respective theaters in which they
operate. Reports will be available in January concerning
FETO (China), and more fully concerning Washington.
The report for January, and also the forthcom-
ing report for February, attempt to organize the mater-
ial in a different manner than before. Because it is
still experimental, therefore, any note of omissions or
ways to improve presentation will be especially appre-
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TYPE OF GRAND tal
OVERSEAS THEATERS
U.S.
PERSONNEL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL ETO NATO
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A. ARMY:
Officers 1083 447 636 279 144
Enlisted Men 38g4 ,1888 1936-.. -695 573
TOTAL 4907 2335 2572 974 717
B. NAVY:
Officers 228 148 80 28
METO
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Enlisted Men
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Officers 0 0 0 - - _
Enlisted Men . 20, 2g o
TOTAL 20 20 0
D. mARINg.sgam:
Officers 3819 19
Enlisted Men _i __2?. _3-A
TOTAL 55 33
E. TOTAL SERIIM:
Officers 1349 614 735
Enlisted Men 2161
TOTAL 5613 2777
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F. CIVILIAN:
Vouchered 1930 1719 211
Unvouchered 685 ASO
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SIGNIFICANT APPOINTMENTS AND PERSONNEL CHANGES
DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1944.
Commander R. Davis Halliwell, USNR,
Special Assistant to the Director;
Lt. Col. William P. Davis, III,
Deputy Chief, SO;
Colonel M. Preston Goodfellow,
President, Board of Officers;
Colonel Sherman I. Strong,
Member, Board of Officers;
William F. Talbot,
Acting Chief, R & D;
William 0. Brown,
Acting Chief, Africa Section, R &
J. Donald Earl,
Chief Management and Analysis Division,
Budget and Procedures Branch;
Henry Conrad,
Assistant Chief, Management and Analysis
Division, Budget and Procedures Branch;
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EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS
REPORT
JANUARY. 1944
(The program in this Theater focussing on preparation for
a specific day, the monthly report will be devoted to a
discussion of how far each activity is approaching a state
of readiness.)
I . GENERAL
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A. Personnel
As of the end of January, the total required
were 459 with 277 on hand, 36 recruited but not
transferred and 146 to be recruited.
B. Su*Aex Plan
1. Administration
On 1 January 1944, Commander Kenneth
H. S. Cohen succeeded General sir karshall-
Cornwell as the British officer responsible
for Sussex. One of the principal weaknesses
of the joint enterprise had been the failure
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to provide any joint procedure for making policy
and for controlling activities. On 4 January of
this year, the Sussex Tri-partite Committee was
organized consisting of: Commander Cohen (SIS),
Chairman; Lt. Col. Miller (SI); and Lt. Col. Roulier
(BRAL). An administrative sub-committee was also
established.
2. Adaptation of Suseex Plan
In view of the changing circumstances, it was
deemed advisable to submit an adaptation of the Sussex
Plan. This was prepared after consulting with G-2,
First Army Group and chiefly concerns the utilization
of personnel in the field. The revised plan as sub-
() mitted provided for: one detachment each at First
Army Headquarters, Third Army Headquarters, and First
Army Group Headquarters; also one base section ( for
training and despatch).
3. Limitations on Operation and Relationship with British
According to the report of Lt. Col. Miller, dated
4 February 1944, our operation under this plan is
limited to strategic and tactical intelligence. Further-
more, the "adaptation of the Sussex Plan" confines us
to 30 officers and 46 enlisted men in the field. In
general, our situation seems to be one of subservience
to Broadway; General Whiteford has consistently refused
to recognize Us as an independent service functioning
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on a plane of equality. Recently they suggested
having central and uniform control rather than
a territory for which each service was tobe
responsible in France. Also, Broadway some time
ago decided to use "Ascensionu (telephone com-
munication between the ground and a plane) and
advised us of it only recently, saying that plans
were already at an advanced stage and that the
Brititih would provide 2 or 3 Mosquito planes, using
"Ascension to make daily flights over both the
British and American zones collecting information
from our agents as well as their own.
4. General Progress
As of 31 January, the plan was to have 60
agents and 60 operators of which there were 43
agents and 24 operators on hand and in training.
Of 162 candidates for Sussex and Jedburgh who -
arrived from Algiers, the screening board found
18 observers and 2W/T operators for Sussex. Addi-
tional recruits are at the point of leaving North
Africa for London. It is stated to be increasingly
evident that most of the remaining recruitment will
have to be done in the European Theater.
Most of the equipment is already on hand with
the exception? f a truck and a few other items.
5. Preliminary Mission ERE
The Pathfinder Mission provided for 2 men t
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* go to France during January and choose safe
houses and landing fields for the first Sussex
agents. A description of the mission was pre-
pared and approved by the sub-committee of the
Sussex Tri-partite Committee.
C. Miscellaneous-Activities
1. New Communication Chain
An agent of the BRAL who has recently returned
to France has succeeded in establishing
contact with OSS Switzerland. This is the
second independent chain for communication
of intelligence via Switzerland.
2. Labor Section
a) Trade Unions
A report is being prepared concerning the
trade unions before 1940, their role in
the resistance movement, and suggested
methods of approach to trade union pro-
blems by an army of occupation. The
manuals on the trade union movement and
the Social Democratic Party designed for
the training of Faust B recruits have
been completed. (Faust B provides for the
penetration of men with labor background
into Germany)
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b) Polish Radio
An attempt is being made to make contact
with the Polish labor radio station. It
has been sending messages regularly but
the British receiving station in operation
with the Poles has asserted that it has
been unable to receive the messages. Work
is being done in cooperation with the
British.
c) Mission Varlin ( a mission designed to send
men with labor contacts into France to work
with resistance groups)
After a prolonged delay, two persons have
been transported to their destination, be-
fore departure receiving additional in-
structions concerning vital military missions.
3. New Intelligence Source
With respect to the low countries, an ar-
rangement has been meriA with the Dutch military
intelligence whereby they will furnish us with
W/T reports on aerman order of battle.
4. Future Plans
a) Norwegian Sussex
Negotiations regarding a Norwegian Sussex
aie doLitinuin6. An agreement has been
reached for a limited tri-partite plan with
the British and Norwegians. The agreement
calls for an American contribution of
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instruction personnel and supplies in return
for all telegraphic intelligence received
except purely Naval intelligence.
b) Air Transport - Sweden
A proposal has been put up to us regarding our
developing air transportation to Sweden with
the Norwemiana and the matter is being investi-
gated.
III. X-2
X-2 is in charge of the SCE Plan, which provides
for teams of experts with OSS background in counter-
intelligence, operating with Army units in radio-equipped
jeeps. According to the report of 13 December, the
SCE Plan required 35 men of which only 2 were then on
hand. By the end of January, however, 34 out of 35
had been secured. The plan is to have one unit of
this X-2 Group be attached to the 1st Army Group,
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French. A 3rd unit, for Germany, will be ready in
about 90 days.
All equipment has been requisitioned and is ex-
pected to be on hand in the immediate future.
IV. R & A
During January, information was supplied MO for
use in a soldier's handbook on France. General
Intelligence Unit work in captured onemy equipment
and documents has produced a handbook setting fo
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its methodology, with examples. Reports distri-
buted consisted among other a of a weekly political
report to Mr. Winant and also the weekly political
annex for the periodic intelligence report of G-2.
A big task may come to R & A in helping to
staff the civil intelligence work of the PWB in
this theater. Brigadier Sachs suggested that R & A
was the suitable opposite number to PID in pro-
viding political survey officers under PWB. Ten-
tatively R & A's contribution would be about 40
people, to serve COSSAC, Army Group Hq., Army Hq.
and in smaller field units. The expectation is
to integrate the work completely with that of PWB
so that a minimum of duplication occurs and a joint
Anglo-American center of political intelligence at
Supreme Headquarters is set up.
F.14-.1.1-nai Plans
The chief fields in wnidh R tt- A is still trying to
work out concrete plans of action are: (1) R & A
contribution to the intelligence side of PWB
operations; (2) finding markets for the work of our
newly installed large map-information and map-pro-
duction (:5) R r A's share in planning for
civil affairs work in ETO.
A. Personnel
Recruitment for SO is fairly well completed,
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required personnel for SO being 288 of which 199
were on hand at the end of January and only 32
more to be recruited.
B. Jedburzh Plp.n
This plan involves the introduction of teams
of officers with radio operators to work with
French resistance groups on D-day.
1. Personnel
Of the Jedburgh agents, there were a total
of 50 required with 40 actually on hand plus the
7 instructors, all of whom have volunteered for
the operation. Of the W/T operators, 48 out of
50 were on hand. Among the additional officers
which the French will supply, only 34 out of the
80 promised were on hand at the end of January.
2. Difficulty with Personnel - IMPORTANT
To date, the WIT group has proved to be a
most difficult detachwent. The men are inatten-
tive and fail to apply themselves to the work.
Morale is low and complaints about broken prom-
ises in regard to promotions and parachute pay
are numerous. There is a general complaint
from the men that they are unable to work their
wireless sets satisfactorily. The chief in-
structor is most discouraged and doubts whether
the men will progress to the point of perfection
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necessary to operate in the field. Accor
to the Theater Officer, the more recent infor-
mation is that parachute pay has been provided
and that the personnel allotment committee has
provided a better T/0. Even so, thia will not
allow for the promotion of all the men, as they
were led to expect.
Special Operations
1. Westfield Mission (SO operations out of Sweden)
Notice has been received of the sate arrival of
all four members of this mission.
2. Mavis Mission (liaison with French resistance
elements)
As of the end of January, the 2 members of the
Maquis Mission were successfully despatched.
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now hAtaal ARtablished
with the members of this mission.
3. Supporting Resistance Groups
During this period, one agent was successfully
placed in the field as second in command of a
large existing network.
American planes delivers'' successfully
36 containers to this particular network
(see AIR OPERATIONS PRO1RAM).
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VI. AIR OPERATIONS PROGRAM
A. General Progress
1. Personnel
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According to the December report, the basic
requirements for this activity were 332 men of
which 20 were for staff work and roughly 309
were for the packing station. On hand at 31
January were 62 men. 16 February is still the
planning date for the arrival of 260 enlisted
men and 2 officers from the United States.
Actually, according to the Theater Officer, 213
did arrive in mid-February. A training period
of 2 weeks should be required to learn packing.
2. Supplies and Aircraft
According to report on supplies from. the
Theater Officer to Colonel Richards dated 3
February the British will supply resistance
groups until 1 March, at which time a three
months' supply of all items to be sent from the
United States will be delivered. A two months'
reserve will thereafter be held in England to
provide for urgent demands if the invasion
should take place early in 1944. Joint storage
with SOE is to be adopted to eliminate adminis-
trative work.
Delivery will be made by a joint plan of
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be provided by the 8th Air Force for this
purpose. Training of flight crews is being
conducted each night including cross-country
flights ending with delivery of dummy contain-
ers to reception parties. U.S. aircraft will
operate from Alconbury beginning 31 January.
Beginning I March 1944 2400 containers
per month mill be dropped with a total of
21,600 containers for 1944. This of course
will necessitate a similar number of para-
chutes.
It was anticipated that the British
would furnish the radio receivers for resist-
ance groups. According to the report to
Colonel Richards, the original plan called
for 2200 to be available on I March with
350-400 units per month thereafter. By
December it became obvious that British pro-
duction had fallen so below expectations that
they would not be able to supply them. The
Communications Branch in Washington therefore
learned of 12,000 RBZ receivers which had been
manufactured by Emerson for the Marine Corps.
It has been possible therefore tkm for the
Navy to supply more than 5800 of which 35
were ready for delivery on 1 February and an
additional 2465 are to be delivered dur .
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3. Packins,_Station
The packing station located at Holme was
to have been completed by 1 February but is
now scheduled to be completed on the 15th.
B. Achievements '
The number of sorties flown was 18, all before
15 January. 8 were completed. The gross weight of
cargo dropped was 30,400 pounds; number of containers
dropped 96; number of packages dropped 20.
A. fersonnel,
There are approximately 86 enlisted men and 19
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officers Who are training in the northern pait of
Scotland.
B. Norwegian Coup de Main
Approval for an OSS Norwegian "coup de main"
operation has been received and detailed plans are
being prepared by SOE....SO, Norwegian Section in con-
sultation with the Norwegian High Command.
C. Danish OW3
Recruitment of these men has been frozen pur-
suant to cable advice from Washington. This project
is not going to be carried out, and no allotment
will be given for it.
XI. COMMUNICATIONS
A. Personnel
According to the reports at the end of January,
personnel required were 459 with 281 now on hand and
32 recruited. This left 146 estimated to be recruited.
(67 of them within the Theater. The Theater Officer
says the remainder are in training and awaiting
transport)
B. Station Charles (for SO, including Jedburgh)
This station is ready to start operations on 1
February. The first commitment to be handled will
be the training schedules with the special forces
unit of q0E, which are now in the field on maneuvers.
20 operators are standing watches at the British
stations working the circuits that we will take over
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on 1 February and thus gaining experience.
C. Station Victor (for SI, including Sussex and
X-2)
Construction work here is still very far
behind schedule. The station should be ready
late in February.
D. Mobilegglts
Our Mobile Section will be sent out on
training exercises to prepare for the large
scale rehearsal planned for mid-February.
E. Supplies and EauiPment
As early as 11 December, the equipment
was on hand except for 2 radio equipped jeeps
for the X-2 Plan. There is an adequate supply
of Sussex sets and the British agreed to make
Jedburgh sets of which there is an adequate
supply. The supply of raAi-
sets for re-
sistance groups has been discussed under
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XII. SERVICES AND SUPPLIES
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NORTH AFRICAN THEATER
REPORT
January 1944
I. GENERAL
A. New Organizational Set-u in Theater
A new Mediterranean organization has been proposed
for activities in aid of the Partisan forces, as follows:
1) There will be a Special Operations Section at
Allied Forces headed by an American officer and directly
under the Deputy Chief of Staff. Each organization will
have a staff officer attached Who will sit on the Special
Operations Committee;
2) Headquarters Force 133 will be established at
Caserta alongside that of Mediterranean Allied Air
Forces, and with an advance
Operations Section;
3) Military operations
will be directed by Advance
echelon of the Special
in support of the Partisans
Force 133 directly under
AFHQ, and SOE operations will remain temporarily under
Cairo. Cairo remains responsible for Greece, Bulgaria,
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4) There is still much discussion regarding the
status of the MacLean Mission. General Donovan stated
that he could not accept a joint Anglo-American mission
unless it is responsible to The Combined Chiefs of Staff
through AFHQ, the only alternative being a separate
American mission on purely military basis.
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B. Personnel Reorganization
A reorganization of personnel wis effected, with
changes as follows: Colonel Rodrigo as Senior Intel-
ligence Officer responsible for SI, R&A, and X-2;
Major Reid, Chief of SI, responsible for the French
Desk, Spanish Desk, German Desk, and also the Reporting
Board; Captain Hughes, responsible for R&A; and Captain
Miller, responsible for X-2.
The Operations Officer is Lieutenant Colonel Gamble,
with Captain DePiolene as Assistant, and Major Brooks
as Assistant for Air Operations.
C. Movement of Operational Bases
Out of a total personnel of 879 in the Theater as
of the end of January, over 325 were reported to be at
advance bases in Italy, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica.
Personnel and
cr,hivime4R involv4-^. Italy have bean
gradually moved forward into Italy from Algiers. At
Headquarters in Algiers, Colonel Glavin is now examining
the possibility of securing three villas with a view to
concentrating most of the activities there.
D. Relations with Other Agencies
At the request of General Donovan, the R&A Branch
at Naples wrote a brief memorandum on the attitude of
other agencies toward OSS. The writers indicated that
their relations with G-2, PBS, have been amicable.
However, certain opinions concerning OSS have been
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expressed. For What it may be worth, Count Sforza in
an interview expressed bewilderment at the lack of OSS
discrimination in meeting people and discussing serious
matters with them; saying any scoundrel may get their
ear and further that two members of the Badoglio Govern-
ment have been in contact with OSS though they are of
doubtful character.
E. Classification Tables of Missions
Classification Tables of Missions reported upon
during January have been prepared and are attached.
They furnish all the information presently available
with respect to all the missions referred to (particu-
larly SI, SO and OG). For this Theater especially it
is difficult to determine from information available in
Washington whether missions itemized are to be classified
as SI. SO or otherwise.
ha. FIFTH ARMY DETACHMENT
According to Colonel Glavin, the OSS G-2 detachment
on duty with the Fifth Army and additional personnel
sent forward this month for special operations linked
with the amphibious landing on the beaches below Rome
have been playing an increasingly important role in the
campaign.
Two dozen agents per week are despatched on short
range combat intelligence missions directly from forward
echelons operating with the Fifth Army. The OSS Fifth
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Army detachment was reported to have produced from
2 December to 9 January 365 separate items of strategic
intelligence disseminated to seven local agencies.
Four known operations were concluded early in
January during the moon period. All of these were in
collaboration with the Fifth Army., One constituted a
sea pick-up of several men including an Italian General;
another a landing of six agents to obtain intelligence
in North Italy; a third landing agents and bringing out
other agents, together with a British prisoner of war;
and a fourth an investigation made by sixteen men con-
cerning enemy strength on the Island of Pianosa.
INTELLIGENCE
SI operations in NATO may be divided into four
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Northern Italy, France, and Spain, and finally a group of
operations by the Labor Desk into Austria, Hungary,
Yugoslavia and neighboring areas.
A. SI - ITALY
Italian SI now has a total of sixteen long-range mis-
sions, including those planned and s till in preparation.
A total of 26 missions is definitely assured for a period
from January to March.
1) Policy Considerations - Operations Differ from
Assigned Program. According to a special report from
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Mr. Scamporino (to Brennan, dated 2 January) the
chief function of Italian SI is stated to be
obtaining intelligence in enemy occupied territory.
However, the comment has been made that they are not
carrying out this as their chief function. A sub-
stantial part of their personnel has been used in
obtaining local information in Sicily for AMGOT, and
other personnel performed a similar service covering
Sardinia. Another job requested went beyond the
scope of OSS in furnishing for the chief intelligence
officer of the Army Force information for the
security of American airports in Italy, Sardinia and
Corsica. Other men have been loaned to the British
as interpreters, etc. A substantial number of SI
men, in fact, were recently assigned to act as
interpreters with a company of Italian prisoners of
war, who were engaged for packing containers, etc.
The complaint has therefore been made that a
large portion of the personnel and energies of the
section is occupied with operations not the basic
mission of SI.
2) General Progress. Apart from intelligence
missions treated under the Fifth Army Detachment
(ha) above) it is reported that six OSS men are
being assigned to participate in the "S" force to
gather intelligence in Rome. The "S" force
constitutes the combined efforts of all intelligence
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organizations in the Theater. The six men have
been assigned to G-2, 15th Army Group at Bari.
There are also at the present time intellie5..
missions operating on islands off the coast of Italy,
including the Isle of Gorgona and of Monte Cristo.
Gorgona actually is less than 30 miles from Livorno
on the North Coast of Italy, and has only 180 inhabi-
tants. Our mission, commanded by a lieutenant,
totals seven men. The reports fram 44""' Island
indicate that observation is limited because of the
weather but on clear days one can see from LaSpezia
directly across to Livorno, and far to the south
beyond Elba.
3) Future Plans. Five intelligence projects
were being contemplated for the latter part of January,
to work speclac:ally in the
^1.nAq
of Milan, Trieste,
Bolzano, Brenner Pass, Bologna-Ravenna and Venezia-
Padua-Treviso. Insofar as information is available
with respect to these activities, it has been included
in the attached classification tables.
B. SI - FRANCE
The report at the end of January is that there are
13 men in France, and plans are completed for the
departure of four more men. Sixteen others, including
6 radio operators are in various sages of training. 4
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1) General Progress. During the month of January,
four intelligence missions were accomplished in France,
ranging from Southeastern France to the Rhone Valley, as
far as the Southern Coast. In all cases, they consisted
of dropping one or, in most instances, two men (one agent
and one wireless telegraph operator) with the general
objective of radioing back the information they secure.
Tn one instance, the purpose ?a.
to organize
a
pick-up system of all French SI networks and handle
transmission of the bulk of intelligence.
In addition to the persons dropped, information has
been coming in regularly from three stations already in
operation, giving excellent battle order material con-
cerning units around Marseilles and in Southern France,
and in one case answering specific questions that had
been asked four weeks before concerning the fortifica-
tions and mines around Marseilles. Also, French SI has
organized a radio station near Cape Creus south of the
French Border and the Pyrenees in Spain, which will
report the passing of German planes, especially Dorniers
e.g./trying radio bombs, One supply drop was successfully
completed in January by a B-17.
2) Political Intelligence. Besides the projects
above, a special political intelligence report with
respect to conditions in France is being prepared for
Ambassador Wilson.
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3) Future Plans. Projects now in contemplation
consist of several additional teams to operate radios
along the Southern Coast of France, and also air operations
to provide supplies for stations presently operating.
4) Procurement of Agents for France= Visits are
anticipated both to Casablanca and Oran in an effort to
recruit radio operators and possible agents for use in
France before and immediately following D-Day. The
recruits will be Spaniel Republicans, and it is proposed
to use them in the parts of France where there are a good
many Spaniards generally speaking between Toulouse and
Avignon.
C. SI - SPAIN
No new agents have been reported as going into Spain
except for the observers at Cape Creus to watch German
bombers from France.
At the present time, information from Spain is coming
out satisfactorily. The pouches recently received from
there, one containing 105 reports and the other 43, Show
substantial improvement, which may be attributed in
large measure to "directed intelligence." Questionnaire
instruction sheets are now reaching agents in the field.
Moreover, answers are being received in a nuMber of
instances to inquiries sent forward to Spain from four
to six weeks ago at the request of G-2 Allied Forces
Headquarters. Forms are also now being used for the
purpose of obtaining comments and ratings on the information.
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In order to establish closer liaison with Spain, the
plans are to establish the first direct contact by a
meeting soon to be held at Gibraltar.
D. Labor Desk
The projects of the Labor Desk based in North Africa
are still in preparation. They range all over the area
of Yugoslavia, Austria, Hungary, and Northern Italy near
Switzerland. The project closest to completion is one
involving transportation by air into the North Balkans.
The personnel is waiting in Bari to go in, if Tito approves.
Investigation is also being made to introduce agents into
Germany via neutral countries, particularly Switzerland
in the area near Lake Lugano.
E. Methods to Improve Flow of Intelligence
In order to establish a better flow of Intelligence
plans have been developed for 1) more frequent pouches
from our chains in France over the Pyrenees into Spain,
and sending several copies by different routes; 2) the
parachuting of "S" phones for ground-to-plane communica-
tions; 3) a simple device for "automatic" as distinguished
from "keyed" radio traffic to increase the output of
intelligence; 4) the use of carrier pigeons Which will be
parachuted; 5) picking up by plane some pouches contain-
ing intelligence.
F. Reports Office
During the month of January 407 original reports,
consisting mainly of military information on France, Italy
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and the Balkans were edited and distributed. The total
number of disseminations to interested agencies amounted
to 3,872, the great bulk of which went to G-2, Allied
Force Headquarters and A-2, Mediterranean Allied Air
Force and A-2, 15th Air Force. This compares with
December where there were 318 OSS reports processed and
2,464 copies distributed.
During the first week of January, distributees
evidenced considerable interest in the reports. G-2 AFHQ
requested three copies
of each: one to be retained for
their files, the second to go to A-2, Mediterranean Allied
Air Force Branch located in Allied Forces Headquarters,
and the third to be sent to the Naval Intelligence Branch
at Allied Forces Headquarters. G-2 ALSOS has recently
shown its appreciation by saying: "Such reports are of
great interest, and the continuing cooperation in send-
ing them is greatly
III. X-2
IV. R&A
appreciated."
Principal work done by R&A was on operational
planning. (For an Italian area, the Appenine area, and
for Southern France). At the suggestion of General
Donovan, the staff prepared a series of biographical
studies of French generals. A better arrangement has been
made with Mediterranean Allied Air Forces for integration
of OSS with air forces target selection. Also a study
of French food requirements for the coming year was
prepared at the request of R&A, Washington.
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B. Future Plans
There appear to be very few French SO operations
pending at present. However, it is planned to recruit
civilians in this Theater, particularly French, to do
SO work. The opinion of Lieutenant Colonel Gamble Is
that an individual in civilian clothes is much more
useful in SO work than a man wearirig a uniform. Most
military men who come into the Theater assigned to SO
work are unwilling to wear civilian clothes behind the
lines.
Future SO plans known for Italy consist of
approximately 4-6 missions to furnish contact with
resistance groups, to make supply drops, and similar
operations.
VII. AIR ACTIVITIES
(Most of the operations under this heading are being
conducted in connection with SI, primarily, and SO
projects; air activities, as such, therefore cannot be
covered extensively.)
The only significant item noted under this heading is
that the reconnaissance schedule is being given up, and in
its place 20 planes, i.e., Flying Fortresses and Mitchells
will be received, probably in February. However, a
telegram of late February indicates that there will be
only 3 B-17/s, 1 C-47 for parachute training, and
possibly 7 B-25/s. Other B-17/s have been refused.
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In an informal talk, the head of PWB had indicated
that they would like to go into "black propaganda" with
OSS personnel. However, at the first meeting of the new
special operations section held at AFHZ, it was decided
that the positive, side of PWB (as distinguished from the
passive side -- intelligence, rAwA And censorship) was
to be brought under control of the Special Operations
Committee. OSS would undertake MO work within the PWB
set-up in forward areas, and would have a hand in its
direction through membership in the Committee, and
through MO personnel loaned to PWB for that work.
IX. MU
X. OPERATIONAL GROUTS
Operational Group personnel consists of approximately
170 officers and men. A French group is on the way,
consistilig of QA mmy, And additional French speaking and
Italian speaking groups have been requested. When these
groups arrive, the OG allotment will be approximately
filled.
Plans have already been approved by AFHQ to use this
entire French group on an important operation.
XI. COmmOICATIONS
According to a special report from this Theater, an
arrangement has been agreed upon by the X-2 Communications
and DSM, approved by the Chief, SI Section, AFHQ, to
improve counter measures against German clandestine agent
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transmitters operating in French North Africa and
Morocco. The idea is to assist French radio installa-
tions by our direction-finding units. The arrangement
is suggested that OSS will provide a number of villas
some few miles from our present radio base at Cap-Malifou.
The French (DSM) will provide 30 well-trained operators
for the purpose of establishing a 24-hour intercept
watch on 10 positions. They will also transfer four
receivers. OSS will provide the balance of six receivers.
Other details were worked out in the agreement. The area
known as Area 17 will be under the command of an
American officer.
XII. SERVICES - TRANSPORTATION
The transportation problem remains acute with every
sign of becoming more so. At the present there are 52
GI vehicles with the prospect of no more being supplied.
They have applied to the Deputy Theater Commander
through G-4 for permission to have 15 civilian vehicles
shipped from the gi7atracs, Pending 7.Aneipt, Washington 1
is requested to locate suitable cars, preferably station
wagons.
regular convoy system is being run between Algiers
and Oran at which port most of the shipments are unloaded.
This is done in order to avoid delay and risk of loss,
If shipments were made by train.
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NUMBER IN SEIRET
OF MEN PLANNING
DESCRIPTION INVOLVED STAGE PROGRESS DURING JANUARY OONMPLETED
SI - INTELLIGENCE IN NORTH ITALY
GRAPE
Milan Drop Plan
PLUM Trieste
FIG Bolsano - Intelligenoe Mission
Brenner Pass
Attempted night of Jan. 17 -
unfavorable weather for oed
aircraft to return
Sea operation - transporta-
tion by sub arranged; left
Brindisi on January 26th
Prune Bologna - Intelligence Mission Sea operation - transports.-
Ravenna tion by sub arranged; left
Brindisi on January 26th
Pear Venezia- Intelligence Mission Sea operation - transporta-
Padua- tion by sub arranged; left
Treviso Brindisi on January 26th
Guava
Apricot
SI - COLLABORATION WITH FIFTH ARMY
RICHMOND I
RICHMOND II
RICHMOND III
RICHMOND IV
West Italy Sea pickup
8 men 7 men, inoluding 1 General
was taken out
Landing 6 agents to obtain 6 men
intelligence re Shingle (Anzio
operation)
Landing 8 agents (aid bring- 8 men
ing out PA re Shingle kAnzio
operation)
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for Jan.26
Jan. 2/3
Jan. 17/18
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DESCRIPTION
CHICAGO
Island of
Pianos*
SI . INTELLIGENCE - FRANCE
ASPARAGUS
CROCUS
TOMATO
ARTICHOKE
PULTKIN (LOYOLA)
MATHILDA
HONEYSUCKLE
POTATO
2 offioers & 14 apt. to in.-
vestigatc enemy etrength on
Island rnd attacking enemy
communications
Sf5,4thern Team will operate a Wif sta-
Franoe tion to ba oalled Idaho
Southeast- To be handled by airplane;
ern Franoe Alpine to furnish reoeption
Committee
Southern
France
So.Central
France
So. Coast
of France
Southeast-
ern France
Alpine to furnish reception
committee
Purpose to organize mail pick-
up system of all French SI
networks and handle transmis-
sion of bulk intelligence;
Alpine will flrnish reception
oommittee; dropping of 2 men.
Infiltrating men
Coast Infiltrating men; Alpina. will
of France furnish reception oammittee.
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NUMBER IN
ofFMEN PLANNING
INVOLVED STAGE
aMINIMMSMI?11111
SMET
PROGRESS DURING JANUARY COMPLETED
16 men
1 agent;
1 WA
1. agent
WiT
1 agent
2 agents
1 agent
1 I'VT
1 agent
1 WiT
1 agent
1 WiT
Left North Africa in January
and oampleted first lap of
infiltration,
successfully acoomplished
by sea from Corsica
two men dropped success-
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Accomplished by air
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Jan. 8
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DESCRIPTION
0 NUMBER IN
OF MEN Puaarno
INVOLVED STAGE
OPERATING RADIO STATIONS
RAVINIA
CARTHAGE (ALPINA)
STATION JEANETTE
STATION CHAMOIS
STATION DARTMOUTH
SUPPLY PROJECTS FOR
S.E.Franee An operating radio unit
Western
Franoe
Near Cap
de Creus
in Mediter-
ranean near
Pyrenees
N.E.Spain
RADIO STATIONS
PENNY FARTHING NO.1
PENNY FARTHING NO.2
Southeast
Franoe
To report passage of German
planes from Toulouse
oarrying radio bombs
NOON* ? OMM ?????
PROGRESS DURING JANUARY COMPLETED
1 Tin
operator
To provide supplies for Ravinia
group, uaing B-171s
Air operation; sending supplies
to Carthago radio station.
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Has been on air and cent val-
uable B.O. ',oncoming units
at Marseilles and adjoining
areas.
BiA sent in reports on air-
craft activity at Blagnac,
eto, and reported on troop
movements in SM.Franoe
On air
On air - indicated that Har-
rison has arrived suooess-
fully; has supplied speoific
answers to questions re for-
tifications and mines around
rarseilles.
Suooessfully accomplished Jan. 8
Completed preperation for
ooming moon; will send more
WiT sets, new signal equip-
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DESCRIPTION
? Air operation
OTHER COUNTRIES - GERMAN LABOR DESK
STORK
HEINE
REDBIRD
SPARROW
QUAIL
ROOK
FERRO
Yugoslavia -
No. Balkans
No. Italy
Austria
Hungary
Near Lake
Lugana,Italy;
Switzerland
as drop-
point.
used
ping
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A "Swiss Project" combined
operation from London and
NATO; designed to use Lake
Lugano anti-Fascists to es-
tablish physical contact
with elements in Germany,
Austria, Hungary, who have
oonneotions in Switzerland;
2 teama of 4 agents to go
to Switzer:And & establish
'ego.' residence at Zurich
as advance agents; others to
be brought in to infiltrate
into Germaay.
Purpose to sabotage enemy
transportution in No. Italy
and obtain =man of friendly
NUMBER IN
OF3tEN PLANTING
SEM
INVOLVED STAGE PROGRESS DURING JANUARY COMPLETED
Campleted preparation for
oaming moon; will send addi-
tional MIT set and concen-
trated foods to Sta.aanette
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Personnel in Bari awaiting
transportation by air to
Partisan territory if
Tito approves.
Waiting for WiT operator
1 U.S. officer chosen for
job; ready to depart.
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