OSS MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORTS - SEPTEMBER 1944

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• Publication Date: September 1, 1944
• Content Type: REPORT

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Office Memorandum ? UNITED S
TO Colonel Doering
FROM Secretariat
SUBJECT: Report on OSS Activities for September 1944
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DATE: 16 December 1944
1. Copy of subject report is forwarded herewith, assembled
in final form.
2. In response to your memorandum attached hereto, the
following information is submitted:
a. There are three main phases through which the
preparation of subject report may be traced:
(1) Receipt of periodic reports from overseas
theaters,
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k4iReceipt of reports prepared by the various
Theater Offices, based largely on periodic reports
from overseas theaters.
(3) Forwarding of report as processed by this
office.
b. The following is the chronology of subject
report:
PHASE I
PHASE II
PHASE III
ETO
25 Oct.
4 Nov.
29 Nov.
MEDTO
27 Oct.
2 Nov.
5 Dec.
FETO
Det. 101
24 Oct.
1 Nov.
13 Dec.
SACO
24 Oct.
1 Nov.
13 Dec.
AGFRTS
24 Oct.
2 Dec.
13 Dec.
SEAC
16 Oct.
1 Nov.
13 Dec.
SUMMARY,
13 Dec.
APPENDICES
and ADDENDUM
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C. From this chronology it appears that the prepara-
tion of subject report was delayed in the first and third
phases. The first phase was completed about 10 days or
two weeks later than it should have been, while the third
pnase lastea about two and one-half weeks more than normal.
The latter delay -- i.e. the delay in this office -- was
caused by pressure of work requiring prior disposition.
However, this delay in preparing the processed or summarized
reports does not mean that the distributees of those reports
did not have the information available to them, since the
raw field reports were distributed immediately upon their
arrival in Washington (Phase I.) It was only the finished
product which was not in their hands.
d. The work of this office in the third phase, i.e.,
forwarding processed reports as a- follow-up to the raw
reports, may be described as follows:
(1) Checking reports prepared by Theater Offices
against those received from overseas, for purposes of
both completeness and accuracy. For the September
report this involved approximately 1,200 pages of reading.
(2) Discussions with Theater Office personnel con-
cerning questions arising in (1) above, for the purpose
of correcting or supplementing the reports prepared by
the Theater Offices. Corrections are usually accom-
plished by interlineation (e.g. pp. 1,2,32,33 of the
attached report.) An example of material prepared to
make good a serious omission in reporting from the
field may be found in the Addendum to subject report
(pi-s. 97,98.)
(3) To call to the reader's attention the outstanding
points in the materials prepared by the Theater Offices,
notes are prepared by this office on the tabbed sheets
preceding t e main sections of the report. These notes
are also usea for purposes of explaation where necessary
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(e.g. pars. 2 and 3 of the tabbed sheet preceding the
ETO section.)
(4) All Appendices are prepared (pp. 82-96 of subject
report.)
(5) A brief summary is prepared, outlining important
activities during the month and relating them not only
to previous monthly reports but also to the current
status of overall military operations in the various
theaters.
(6) The pages of the report are numbered serially,
punched and arranged for insertion in the loose-leaf
binder.
3. As additional personnel become available to this office,
it is believed that the monthly activities reports will be com-
Plc.ted within six weeks of the end of the reporting period (e.g.
January
report completed before 15
March),
and it is
hoped that
they will be completed a week or two earlier than that.
W. B. Kantack
Capt., A.C.
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To: Col. Doering
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Date 13 Dec...).-944
Attached hereto are the retaining
sections of the OBS Activities Report
for the month of September, prepared
for insertion in the loose laf binder
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numerals are intende-d,_to.rollow the .
MEDTO section; allpage-S' with Roman
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ETO section. Thus 'asseMbledl.the
September report will be in final for.
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To:
Date .5, December 1944
Mr. Cheston
Col. Doering
Attached hereto is the MEDTC,
section of the OSS Activities Report
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September 1944, prepared for
insertion in the loose leaf binder
forwarded with the ETO section.
Attachment
(9139)
Ti. B. Kantack
Capt., A.C.
Reports Officer
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Mr. pheston
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Col. Doering
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Date 28 N ov .44
1. Attached hereto is the ETO
sectiOn of the OSS Activities report
for September 1944,
2. The remaining sections will
be forwarded -?? they are completed,
prepared fot insertion in the at-
tached loose leaf binder.
he. .
W. B. Kantack
Capt., A.C.
Reports Officer
Attachment
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Date 1.1 _Dec . 1944
To: General Dopovan
1. Attached hereto is the OSS
Activities Report for the month of
Sentamihm.l.
asstmbled in final form.
2. The ETO and MBDTO sections
were previously submitted to you.
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W. B. antack
Capt., A.C.
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You have aireatis reeciv?-?d r w field reports
for the month of' Septe-mber and the '.';ashin7ton surnaries
thereof, but this compilation of such sumriaries n:ay be
useful. The appendices also present certain highlights
of material contained in -these and other related reports.
o information having been received through the
normal reportLna channels on the part played by the
Jedbur.r?.h teams in the airborne invasion of iiollan.d
(Operation :,:.arket), a brief statement has been prepared
by the SO Branch on the basis of the report submitted
by one of tne Jedbur':n tea-..-..s on its return to .:riland.
"'hie iz presented a., an Aduendum to the
September rer;ort , ?::'S). The participation of
.3I personnel n eoerien is discussed on pase
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TliBLE OF CONTENTS
Sumary
ETO
_4EDTO
FETO
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DET. 1d1 (Assam)
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SACO (M. 202)
68
AGFRTS
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SEAr (n7IT. 404)
79
Appendices
82
A. Personnel
82
B. Cargo Status
86
C. Memorandum to Director on Report
of Branches in V:ashington
88
D. Coamendation,,
94
E. Addendum
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SI.J.C:JARIf OF OSS ACTIVITIES
DURING SEPTEMBER 1944
During September the progress of the war in the West
OSS activities into a transitional phase. With
the first incursions into hostile territory and the steady
shrinkage of enemy holdings in areas friendly to the Allies,.
the period of spectacular action was drawing to a close: the
front beca.,:_e relatively stable, Lnd force.: were being massed
for large-scale invasion of Germany.
To prepare adequately for its share of this task, OSS/ETO_
found much still to be done. .As an immediate 'lleasure, a Plan-
ning Board as established with the primary duty of coordinat-
ing OSS resources and objectives in the European e.nd editer-
ranean tneatprs,
While the planning effort v,as being redoubled, the actual
penetration of Germany vas under vy. At the beginnin of the
month the first of the Faust agents .;arachuted safely into
the interior -- the first OSS infiltration of Ger.nany made
directly.fron Great Britain. (See Ai report, reoort, p. 4.) Two
more agents lere en route to Geri.lany via SwitLerl,nd and several
more were to be dispatced shortly,
Urripr the Lilwaukee
a for,:.ara base established in Luxe_ilbourg for recruiting of
agents p-i_un easily establi!,hed cover. Other SI groups set up
head...uarters in Brussels .nd. Eindhoven.
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Previously four Jedburgh teams _lad landed in Holland
with the First Allied Airborne Army. Since the Dutch resist-
ance forces viere not heavily armed, there was relatively
little sabotage activity, but throuh liaison with those
elements the Jedburghs obtained greatly needed tactical in-
teiligence.
An
entire team, however, was lost at Arnhem,
and tro other lien were 1;.ounded elsewhere in the fighting.
The subversion of German morale was accelerated with
the inaugurc-Ition of nblack11 broadcasts fro_a Faris, purport-
ing to euanate from a German town in which the local garrison
had revolted ei-:ainst the Nazi regitie and-seized control
of tbe
radio station. In addition, an MC field unit was-active_along-
tne front of the 12th 1--rLly Group.
lednwnile operations were continuing in enemy-held France,
but naturally on a reduced scale, as it became clear that they
were a2broching com,i)letion. /111i-touch additional SI, SO and
OG tewis 7'ere infiltrated, the total of ,)ersonnel in enemy
territory hc_t_i faller by th,-,--nd-n-P,RPIltP-dber to tesS than one
thira of the eas: attained in 1:,,ibust.
7nprp asr general decline in aerial oT)erations fo-, the
supply of the Frencn Resistance, bat a rise in deliveries
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11 f?--Inn;:g;:- dropCi_during
the ionth. The most I-Jortant single mi--ion was flown to
Warsa7- by 108 planes of the Eighth Air Force which droppeu
approxidtely 120 tons of supplies to tne besieged insurgents.
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SCI teams repOrted 45 more enemy agent cases in France
and 15 in Belgium, vhile an outstanding accomplishment by
R&A was noted in tne completion of biograrthical files includ-
in Dore than 70,000 items on ilersonalities in Belgium,
Hollana, Gz,echosl ovaltia Ttalv. During the Tnonth, OSS
establishea headquarters in Paris, though obliged by person-
nel restrictiofi= to halve the number \thich it wa3 originally
intendec to bring across from London.
U.S. ailiJmen in Si\itzeriand were evacuated to Annecy,
whence they were tn proceed to England ana Italy. Agents
based in Switzerland transmitted more than 400 ite,as of
intelligence concerning Germany, Italy and eastern France.
As a result of one of these messages tb.e EYLAF furnished ef-
fective aerial support for an attack by Italian Patriots
r-o-Y1,n-he1d tol,n near the Swiss border.
However, tne Lack of aircraft for suo:Ay deliveries re-
nz.,-ineu L. major proble in Italy. Tne Patriots in the north-
west ;ere heavily attacked by the Gern,ans, and six SI radio
consequently went off the air. Elsewhere in north-
ern It_Lly, 31 teas ';,ere u-91e to proviue intelligence on
Gi:c,efense ,,ositions ancl troo dove_a:nts. Four new SI
tea :L:3 :ere sent to tile fiela, and three more were dispatched
via bouthern France. t tiLe front above Florence, three 10
tea co.:,posed of Cern pr:soners were sent into ene-Lay
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territory, where they distributed propaganda materials and
observed German morale. (The first operation of this type
was noted in July report, pp. v, 52.) MO materials were also
carriea by OSS agents crossing the lines On combat intelli-
gence
T'' =, COT lini+ hnlnati nrrPqi-S
of enemy agents, especially in Florence, and R&A personnel
began a search of Fascist offices for documents relating to
Japan.
In the Balkans OSS teams were very active in the wake of
the Russian victories. Personnel flown into Romania at the
end of August (see August report, pp. v, collected a vast
amount of oil intelligence and aided in the evacuation of more
than 1,30L fliers. In Bulgaria the rescue of 345 U.S. aviators
was arranged by a team which had entered that country prior to
the armistice. This team was later witharawn to Turkey on the
objection of the Russians, but at the ena of the month it was
preparing to re-enter with Russian approval obtained by
General Donovan.
In Greece Noah's Ant entered the operational phase with
OGs joining British and native forces in sabotaging railroads
and highways in the path of the German retreat. At the same
fi,a a ha,crw Ireolima nf intf-lligRnee Was received from the SI
tea,ao:Tle of them rePorting fro2:1 territory already evacuated
by the enemy.
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In Yugoslavia there were difficulties with Marshal Tito
because of the presence of Lt. Col. McDowell's team at Chetnik
headquarters. Although General Donovan ordered this team to
return to Bari and it did not, in any event, constitute an
official mission to Mihailovich, the Partisans became signifi-
cantly cool in their attitude towards the OSS mission at Tito's
headquarters. Several teams which had previously entered
Yugoslavia, intending to cross from there into Austria and
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(see August report, pp. vi, 311 32), were stalled
because the Partisans -iithheld permission for them to moVe on.
Despite these delayc, tne center of OSS activity was shift-
ing froia the Balkans towards central Europe. In mid-September
an SI/SO team was flown into Slovakia by 15th Air Force planes
which evacuated 14 fliers on tne return journey. This team
subsequently established contact v.ith the Czech Forces of the
Interior aria began transmission of intelligence. Two more
teas were soon to enter Slovakia, three were ready for dispatch
to Austria and two to Hungary. Special teams, similar to the
unit aireacly active in Bucharest, were formed to enter Belgrade
and Budapest wiien those cities would be yielded by the Germans.
On the continent of Asia, OSS activity reflected the trend
of the land campaigns. The most important work wa,; carried
on in southeastern China, where the JaDS had virtually smashed
all organiaed resistance by the Chinese forces. t this
juncture OSS demolition teams undertook a scorching campaign
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aimed at t enemy's routes of advance: bridges were blown,
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ferries bu:mea anc_ roads blocked by landslides. With Japanese
progres, ticaL impeded, tne 14th Air Force was given time to
withdraw at a minimuL: f botn loss to itself and profit to
tne enemy. AGFRTS intelligence activities were also of great
di( t tae Ai 2 Force: liis r. tea _s in the Ninth War Area
proviaed many tactical targets, v.nile a steady flow of informa-
tion was transmitted fro: a tne Third War Area concerning rail
movements, coastal defenses, saipping and weather. Moreover,
agent networks were being developed along the coast from
Chekiang province northward. Other agents were dispatched by
AGFRTS and SACO to sucn cities as Canton, dong Kong and Foochow.
For rowever, :e outlook was ii In its relations with
Ci ,; it ,ee-eu ne,Ir an i_passe, and there was no word
fro: a tvo 31 grouos had been dispatched during June
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In liurala, w,_ere Det. _ ::_oved its Leadauarters to
inteiligence c tivity wa:_ maintained at previous
levels, altnou- there
va: a aecline in ?aerations against
the =1:1-e-mY, 711-1 onlY 45 Jane ,-,e reoo.r.teu killed curing the
first of t..e month. Yieah,nile a considerable expansion
t:oo strnt v.a.; in progress, arc two agent groups,
t"- juL,le for ,,;nth,, were found 'a:: be safe.
In the i;etnerlands East Ihdie 05; -1.ue a penetra-
tion ad7inr- frorct a British
subm rine. Tneze _,ave estaoli Led radio contact v:ith OS
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in Ceylon. A rendezvous had been scheduled with an agent
infiltrated into Java Garing June (see June report, pp. 9,
79), but there was no sign of hir, at either of tz,.e designated
pinpoints. Although tile reconnaissance of tie Mergui Archi-
pela filly errriecl out (see August report,-IJ). vii, 88),
no site w?D founc, t-e contemplated advance base.
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Note by Reports Officer
1. The following points in the report prepared by
the European Theater Office art. believed to be outstanding:
a. Reduction of SI, SO and OG personnel as
operations in France near completion
(pp. 1-3, 6, 16, 17, 20.)
b. Progress in infiltration of Germany (pp. 1-3,
7, 8.)
c. Supply drop to Warsaw by Eighth Air Force
planes (pp. 2, 17.)
d. Black radio broadt:asts from Paris (pp. 3, 21.)
e. Planning Board set up to coordinate ETO and
MEDTO resources for OSS work in Gemany (pp. 1,
:5, 4.)
f. Headauarters set up in Paris (p. 5), anc SI
missions established in Belgium and Holland
(pp. 1, 3, 5.)
g. ComDletion of Reck personality files on Belgium,
Holland, Czechoslovakia aria. Italy (p. i3.)
2. Tne European Theater Officer is seeking verification
of tne figures concerning supply drops to France (p. 18),
which inaicate an increaseL tonnage over August, despite
a snar,l, decrese in t.le number cf containers dropped.
3. Aside from tne larKet fterE.tion (p. 6) OSS is
understood to nave had four Jeahurgh teams in tne airborne
invasion of Holland. Details are oeinE. bought by tne
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I. GENERAL
September witnessed a turning point in 088 operations in
ETO. A large part of the planning and personnel had been directed
toward operations in France. With the liberation of that country
substantially completed by the month's end, OSS was faced with
a necessity to re-examine its objectives and organization. The
problem was particularly pressing, inasmuch as preparations for
work within Germany were Inadequate as compared with the magnitude
of the task. To these ends two immediate measures were undertaken:
a Planning Board representative of the entire organization was
established, and a survey of the utilization of all personnel was
inaugurated. These measures are described in further detail below.
Activities in Support of Military Operations
In France, direct operations against the enemy decreased with
SO anci a few SI
the retreat of the Germans, by 30 September .gjagents remained in
the field in France compared to the August peak of 225. In the
field, X-2, SI and SO staffs continued working with the 12th AG,
3rd Army, 9th Army and 7th Army (which in September was transferred
to SHAEP operational jurisdiction); in addition two SI missions
were successfully established in Holland and Belgium and set up
daily communication with OSS London and OSS Paris. As OSS resources
for penetrating Germany were being mobilized, the successful despatch
of the first OSS agent from the U.K. to the interl.(ALbf that
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country was effected. I
As in previous months, Resistance activities played a major
role in OSS operations with material for Resistance Groups air-
dropped to countries ringing the Reich proper. On 19th September,
1084 containers were dropped to the Warsaw patriots by 108 planes of
the 8th Air Force, and on 17 September 2 teams and 5 tons of material
were despatched to Czechoslovakian Resistance Groups by the 15th
Air Force. (Clearance for the operation was obtained by OSS London.)
Danish sabotage of transportation facilities also increased proportion-
ately to the growing number of sorties flown over that country.
containers
In France, fewer mIsm were dropped -- 3481 containers
against August's 6,061 and July's record of 8,914 -- although
resistance still flared strong in areas where German troops remained
pocketed. During the month 17 agents and 10 Jedburgh teams containing '
American personnel were infiltrated - 63 agents altogether (compared
to August's SO agent total of 90) remained in the field by 1 October.
Two OG groups were dropped early In the month; of the 5 groups in
the field, 4 were returned to the UK, the 5th was en raute the2e by
September's end.
Reports from the field and a letter of commendation to the
SCl/Z unit from C.E.R. Hirsch, Brigadier BGS(I), Hq. LAI, attest to
the continuing value of SCI work. At least 45 more enemy agent cases
were reported by SCI teams in France, 15 in the Belgian area, during
the month.
September saw the end of most SI agent activity in France --
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despatched early in the month, by October almost the entire French
section was in Paris. However, activity directed toward Central
Europe was intense, with two SI missions and an airborne mission
established in Holland and Belgium, 1 agent despatched into
Germany, and 2 more on the first leg of their journey there, and
at least 4 new projects aimed at eventual German penetration
approved.
An important operation of the month was mOts opening on 21
September of its "black" radio station in Paris, its broadcasts
beamed to Germany. Aimed at creating a spirit of revolution
against the Nazis within the Reich, the program was presented for
several hours nightly and was judged highly successful.
Organizational Changes
1. The Planning Board.
The OSS Planning Board in E'TO was established in September
under the chairmanship of Mr. Whitney Shepardson: Aimed primarily
at coordinating overall ETO and MEDTO resources for immediate
penetration of Germany, the Board is also developing plans in
accordance with a JCS request for OSS participation in the occupation
of a defeated Germany. Thus far steps have been taken to assure
liaison with MEDTO and to coordinate intelligence objectives
obtained from SHAEF, ACC and other consumers. A survey of Branch
plans and personnel in September indicated that 10 SO, 81 SI bodies
were available and suited for German agent work; SI has set an
objective of 15 agents working in Germany by 1 November and is
laying extensive plans for the use of PWs and French deportees.
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Field detachments and missions to liberated countries are not set
up on a Branch Basis but are representative of OSS as a whole with
Branch participation.
2. Personnel Survey Board.
During the month Branch representatives were chosen to
work with members of the Director's office in making a survey of
OSS functions in ETO with a view to an overall reduction of OSS
employees in the UK and the reassignment, where feasible, of all
individuals in the organization whose present tasks were completed.
Two forms have been issued which will be used as a basis of
personnel evaluation. Largely as a result of the decrease in SO
10 French activities, it was estimated that approximately 100 officers
and 600 EM might be available for assignment to other theaters or
release to the army.
3. SIRA Reports Board.
In early September plans for a joint SI and R&A Reports
Board were presented, subsequently approved by the Chiefs of R&A
and SI London, and by Mr. Shepardson. As contemplated, the Board
was to be divided into three sections: Intelligence, Documents,
and Administration; personnel to be contributed by SI and R&A on
all levels. In general its duties would consist of making final
decisions on evaluation, dissemination, editorial control, and
processing of information and summarizing recommendations of its
staff on target directives. By September's end a London SIRA
Reports Division was being established, both offices to be under
one chief. Dissemination of military intelligence to field
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detachments and SBAEF emanated from the Paris offioe; political
and economic intelligence was prepared in London.
Continental Bases
During September, plans for setting up the Paris office were
to a great extent carried out although the severe limit placed on
OSS personnel - 350 persons - allowed in. the French capital created
problems of organization and control, and OSS had to cut its
original 700 estimate, approved by ETOUSA in July. As finally
allocated between branches it appeared that ultimate OSS Paris
strength would be: SI - 70, R&A - 37, SO - 25, X-2 - 25, ND - 31,
Cow. - 60, Services and Administrative Branches - 102. Headquarters
.were established at 79 Champs Elysees and thie hotels were
requisitioned for billeting personnel. In addition, SI's Milwaukee
Lookout, in the latter part of the month, established headquarters
in Luxembourg. The Dutch and Belgian missions began functioning
from headquarters in Eindhoven and Brussels in late September.
II. SI
Total personnel 332 including 95 civilians.
SI spent the major part of its efforts in September re-
orienting its facilities towards the German phase of the war. As
stated In the introduction, the Dutch and Belgian missions, Melanie
and Espinette, were successfully established at Eindhoven and
Brussels. Both were in W/T contact with OSS Paris and London;
outgoing traffic from Brussels was handled in three daily 45...
minute periods. SI field detachments expanded their activities
during the month with the 21st AG and 3rd Army; in addition the
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6th AG and 7th Army were incorporated into ETO. e SI detachment
with the 9th Army established its headquarters at Rennes. Messages
exchanged between field units and SHAEF totalled 1024 for
September. Two Liberators and 2 Mosquitos were secured for the use
of the SI Branch.
Direct support to the Si field teams was provided by SI agents
in accordance with:
le Sussex and Proust.
In early September 5 new Sussex teams and 2 teams from
the Proust pool were dispatched to northeastern France in addition
to 5 French agents comprising the Marcel mission; six French Proust
agents were turned over to BCRA. By mid-September 20 agents were
operating in the field compared to the 10 of late August; by
September's end almost the entire French staff section handling
agents was in Paris. The exact number of agents still operating
in the field at 1 October was not reported. Agent messages
received during September totalled 110 compared to August's 477.
2. Market Operation.
This mission consisted of an agent and W/T operator who
were dispatched by the 82nd Airborne Division to Holland. Col.
Verrill, acting as courier after the mission's W/T set was put out
of commission, contacted Melanie and Espinette and transported
valuable material and information back to Paris headquarters along
with Prince Bernhard's message of appreciation to Col. Haskell for
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On 10 September 3 agents W62e despatched for,infiltration
into Luxembourg prior to its capture by the Allied Armies. (The
agents belonged to Luxembourg Intelligence.) Although the men
arrived at the front lines too late for infiltration, the 12th AG
commended them for other valuable assistance rendered.
German Plans
1. Milwaukee.
Milwaukee Forward established its headquarters in the
Paris area during the month; its advance echelon, Milwaukee Lookout,
acting as a reconnaissance unit, in late Soptember set up a base in
Luxembourg. In both places the Division's main activities were
directed toward interrogation and recruiting in line with decisions
reached on methods of German pezetration. In general these plans
involve seeking out and using as agents persons who have recently
been in Germany and may presumably return there without arousing
suspicions or utilizing deportees or German Ms for infiltration.
The Varlin Mission was reorganized and is operating along the above
lines.
2. Faust B.
The Faust plan received added impetus during September
with the actual despatch of agents begun and General Bettis approval
of the plan secured. Status of projects is as follows: Downend
(n) mission. On 1 September an agent was despatched by plane and
landed safely in Germany. The other 2 agents of the mission are
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first. Marguerita Project. (Despatch of 4 agents into Germany via
Switzerland) On 30 September 2 of the agents were despatched on
the first part of their mission. Martha Project. (Projects
sending 2 agents into Germany via Switzerland with the assistance
of the Neu Beginnen group) Actual despatch is now dependent on
completing arrangements for a safe border crossing. Carmen Project.
Approved 23 September, projects infiltrating agents into the Rhine
valley at the time of an airborne military operation. Siebold
Project. Approved with qualifications; contemplates the eventual
formation of a trade union network in Germany. Bases for projecting
operations toward this end will be located with the Armies converg-
ing on Germany. Tyl Project. Submitted for approval; proposes
dropping an agent of Dutch nationality into Holland to establish an
underground railroad for the further infiltration of Faust agents
into Germany.
3. Twilight Program.
(The establishment of intelligence operations in Germany
in the event of a sudden collapse of the Third Reich.) A list of
about 80 potential agents from various refugee groups in Great
Britain has now been prepared.
4. Pola NeBri Project.
Contemplates dropping an agent and a W/T operator in
southern Poland. Despatch date - undecided.
5. Bacon Mission.
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Th Nemo Project (penetration of Slovakia) has taken on new
shape RS a result of a request from Slovak Headquarters asking
for documentary film matitals to be shown their people. An agent
is being readied for penetration. The Polish school for the
Eagle Project has been established. A field report from an agent
states that he is successfully engaged in setting up his origamization under the Grieg Project. (Organization of an SI intelli-
gence service in Denmark.)
On 17 September 2 teams and 5 tons of material were despatched
to the Czechs in support of CFI activities as part of an operation
carried out by the 15th AAF. Details of the plans were arranged
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gence Service. Intelligence messages have been received from the
teams landed.
Organizational Changes
1. By Branch Order #511 effective 30 September, SI ETC Eq.
was established in Paris with rear echelon with OSS Eq. in London.
Paris headquarters Was organized into 4 units: a) Branch Staff
Section. b) Intelligence Producing Section. d) Field Detachment,
Operation and Administrative Section. d) Reports and Registry
division. London headquarters was organized into 3 units: a)
Branch staff section. b) Intelligence Producing section. c) Reports
and Registry division. Training and Holding areas were to continue.
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has been indicated In the introduction. London SIRA's first project
involves the collection of information on various French personalities
to be collated into a French "'Who's Who".
3. As of 25 September the Continental Division was abolished.
The German and French section heads will report to Chief of Branch,
Paris; Polish, Scandinavian, and other section heads to London.
4. A War Diary office was established.
III. X...2
Total personnel 133 including 43 civilians.
1. SCI Personnel.
Certain modifications took place during September in the
grouping of X-2/SCI personnel as established in late August. Formerly
in
all X-2/SCI personneI/France, comprising a French section, a German
section and the X.-2 Continental Base Staff in Paris were attached to
G-2, Comm Z. Subsequently it was decided, however, that the X-2/SCI
German section would remain attached to the 12th AG. (Major Berding,
the former CO of the SCl/Z unit, has assumed command of this section.)
SCI liaison staffs were attached to 1st and 3rd Armies; the X-2/SCI
unit with the 7th Army was transferred to SHAEF jurisdiction while
operational direction of the SCl/Z unit was shifted from ALI to AFH.
At mid-month, X-2 had 20 officers and 32 EM SCI personnel with armies
in ETO; 6 officers, 15 EM and 8 civilians were established at
X.-2 Continental Base, Paris.
As indicated in the introduction, X-2 maintained in September
the high quality of the work begun in previous months on the
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15 in Belgium by SCI units. One high grade enemy agent, apprehended
by SCI work, was purportedly a key organiser in a French CE network
described as "the official French service an which Himmler depends".
Included in the September Progress Report is a brief summary
of the activities of the SCIA unit over the past six months. The
list of its achievements includes a total of 64 enemy agent cases
(41 of them stay-behind agents) handled by the unit in that period
and 4 penetrations of the German I.S. carried out; the leaflet
campaign inaugurated and carried out successfully against the I.S.
was commended by G.2 CI and AFECk to SHAEF and other theaters for
adoption.
2. Relations with Corresponding U.S. and Allied Agencies in
the Field.
X.2 is to furnish SCI personnel with the British forces
going into the Balkans. ,X.2 London and its British opposite are
engaging in a cooperative German desk operation under an arrangement
similar to that established for operations concerning France and
the Lowlands.
Future Plans
The matter of assignment of X-2 personnel to SITARv military
missions to as yet unliberated countries has been the subject of
recent discussions. At present the burden of X-2 planning is
directed toward Germany; the SCIA unit moved northward in Italy
preparatory to undertaking X-2 work against Austria.
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Total personnel 190 including 96 civilians.
Much R&A effort was devoted, in September, to setting:up
a working organization at the Paris headquarters and to planning
for future activities in Germany. Thirty R&A members left the UK
for the continent during the month; Harold Deutsch was named chief
of the R&A Paris outpost. The T-force which was scheduled to join
the 12th AG arrived too late to accompany the latter out of the
French capitol; 66 agreed instead to join Com. Z in exploiting
material in the Paris area. At present, plans are being formulated
via the OSS Planning Board for participation in the T-force 12th
AG at an early date. Arrangements have also been made through the
formation of the Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee, to
coordinate R&A intelligence procurement objectives with those of
other agencies in ETC). Two of the R&A personnel are to join SI
Field units in Belgium and Holland.
Organizational Changes
As a step towards preparing for a Berlin outpost, the
Central European section of the Political Division and those members
of the Economics Division (Civil Affairs) who will go to Berlin
were integrated into the German Division (temporary) under the
direction of Major Gordon Stewart. Members of other divisions
are to correlate their work with the German Division as much as
is feasible. A committee on Plans and Organization was also drawn
up and substituted for the former Steering committee. Its objectives
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Specific September achievements were:
Political Division. The character of the division changed
markedly during the month with the departure of some personnel for
the continent and the transfer of others to the German Division
(temporary). Nevertheless the bulk of the Western European section's
activity was directed toward producing a "Deily Intelligence Report
on France", whose circulation included many sections of MEP and
eventually General Koenig's staff in Paris. On 13 September the
French unit terminated its participation in the OSS/PID duty roam;
participation in the OSS/PID Low Countries duty room was finally
terminated although the unit continues to supply materials to G-5.
Economics Diviaion, The Civil Affairs Section prepared a
detailed report in September evaluating Allied experience in dealing
with food and agriculture problems in Italy for the guidance of
those who will be aimilarly concerned in Germany. The Military
Intelligence Section expanded its work being performed for the
Strategic Bombing Effects Survey.
Central Information Division. One of Wits most outstanding
achievements of the month was the completion, by the Biographical
Records Unit, of the PID personality files on Belgium, Holland,
Czechoslovakia and Italy, a total of 70,543 items. In addition,
numerous other reports on German, French and Italian personalities
were made and many spot requests on personality information were
filled for SI, MA, and P. The library for Paris was despatched
during the month and progress made in preparing libraries for
movement to Berlin and Vienna.
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Eastern Europe Staff. The Eastern Europe Staff worked on
political and economic queries sent to London by the USSR Division
Washington and evaluated and processed captured enemy material
relating to Russia and Russian affairs.
German Division (Temporary). In accordance with the Branch
Order which created the Division, steps have been taken to bring
into closer harmony the work of the Political and Economics Sections
by creating teams composed of both sections which can work together
on mutual problems.
Geography and Map Divisions. The principal activity of the
Geography Division for several weeks has been the final preparation
of 2 zone studies prepared in Washington for inclusion in PID/MEW
zone handbooks of Germany. Service assignments were carried out
during the month by both divisions for SHAEF G-5, 1I8, UNRRA, and
the Field Photographic Branch.
Paris Outpost. The R&A Branch/Paris was formally organized
at 79 Champs Elysees on 16 September with the arrival of a large
contingent in the city. Work thus far has been mainly directed at
collecting, sorting and examining papers, documents and materials
of all sorts left behind by the Germans and using the knowledge thus
gained in part for briefing Civil Affairs officers anticipating
assignment in Occupied German territory. Representatives of the
political, Economics, Geography, Map, Eastern Europi'and Far East
Divisions were installed in Paris headquarters and were in process
of organizing their several Divisions. In addition, important
reports on developments in France were completed.
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1. R&D
Total personnel 30 including 1 civilian.
R&D's operational achievements for September include
outfitting 15 persons including 4 women, with clothing and
accessories. In addition, 8 documents were manufactured and 98
original stamps produced it)triplicate. It was decided that no
R&D personnel would be assigned duty in Paris. Work on German
materials would continue to be based in London.
2. CD
Total personnel 9 including 4 civilians.
A forward CD echelon was established at Paris headquarters
during the month to procure current intelligence and German
documents; the more complicated documents will continue to be
reproduced in London. A number of German documents were supplied
CD in MEDTO for operations originating there.
VI. SO
Total personnel 789 including 37 civilians.
The rapid progress of Allied armies in September was responsible
both for a curtailment in SO's support of French resistance activities
and intensified SO planning for operations directed toward Central
Europe. As the German forces retreated almost to the borders of
France, intensive discussions were undertaken with the new Planning
Board on dovetailing SO's French contacts and resources into a
German plan. At the end of the month, many new. lines of penetration
were being explored.
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?F Detachments were placed under General Koenig's control in
early September; their designations thereafter were to be SP
Detachments (EMFFI). Future planning for the SF staffs indicates
that when they cease their resistance activities in France, they
will revert to SFHQ for planning and operations of resistance in the
Low Countries and Germany. Since the activities of the French
personnel on the staffs is to be confined to France, Army Group
idq. agreed to indicate at what point the Allied advance can dispense
with their services. In addition to Detachments serving with the
lst, 3rd, and9th Armies and the 12th AG, the #4 Special Force Unit,
with the_Tthlirmy, came under the control of EMFFI (London).
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1. -French.
011%6 September the liaison section, EMFFI, comprising 2
officers and .2 EM was placed on temporary duty at Versailles with
SHAEF forward; its chief duties there involved maintaining liaison
between EMFFI, SHAEF Forward, and SHAEF, EMFFI (London). Although
on 23 September this Liaison Section was officially closed, at
General Koenig's request it remained at Versailles for the balance
of the month in order to attend to current FFI matters and to arrange
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headquarters were carried out by:
a. Agents,. At the end of the month 46 agents were
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personnel were dispatched to the field from the UK during
September bringing the total to 59 in the field. Of these,
24 American officers and 18 EN were returned to the UK by
1 October, leaving 17 still on active service,
2. Danish and Norwegian.
Resistance operations increased substantially in Denmark
during the month; railroad sabotage in particular proved a serious
harassing factor to German troop movements. Approximately 20 tons
of material was supplied Resistance elements (via 11 successful air
sorties and 1 sea operation) and 4 agents infiltrated. Agents in
Norway received altogether 27 tons of supplies - an increase of 10
tons over the previous month. Nineteen persons were infiltrated
as a result of the 10 successful sea sorties to that country;
sabotage in general was directed against German fuel stores and
supply dumps.
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the reduced pace of OSS air operations over France during September
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approximately half the previous number of containers dropped -- 3481
compared to August's 6061 and July's peak of 8914.
Very important air operations were undertaken in other areas.
On 19 September 1084 containers were dropped to Warsaw patriots
by 108 aircraft of the 8th USAAF; 6 of the planes were shot down on
ltthe return trip. Tv :.1 hundred and sixteen containers were delivered
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France Belgium Denmark Norway
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Bodies - Dropped
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188
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Packages
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supplied to RGs
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27 4/4
43/4
15
551
A/C missing
2
0
0
0
2
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France
Belsjum Denmark Norway Poland Total
Sorties (successful
or unsuccessful)
477
5 14 29 108 633
Bodies - Dropped
95
5
100
Picked up
151
5
156
Containers
3481
48
60
216 1084
4889
Packages
2387
30
49
2466
Tot .tonnage
supplied to RGs
5451
7
2
26i 119i
698i
A/C missing
1
6
7
Totals 1944
France Belgium Denmark Norway Poland Total
Sorties (successful
or unsuccessful)
2590
35
25
61 108
2819
Bodies - Dropped
377
38
415
Picked up
Containers
25,324
1136
104
456 1084
28,104
Packages
10,017
125
145
10,287
Tot .tonnage
supplied to RGs
3054
954/4
5i
53i 1191
3329
A/C missing
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over Norway compared to the previous month's 144; 18 successful
sorties were flown. (On 21 September Lt. Col. Keith Allen, Col.
Balchen's number I pilot, was killed on an operation over northern
Norway.) Approximately 900,000 forged foodcoupons were dropped
over Germany during early September, rith results that were judged
highly successful.
At the end of the month 68 planes, including 4 C-47s, were
operating out of Harrington airfield; on 18 September the 492nd
Bomber Group finished up its formal assignment to operate exclusively
for OSS. (The 492nd Bomber Group continued to operate for OSS
subsequent to Oct. 1 inasmuch as the order concerning it was subse-
quently modified.)
The OSS packing station reduced its output with 6674 containers
packed compared to August's 13,470. Containers on hand at the end
of the month totalled 7589.
What appeared to be the final directive on procurement of
supplies for resistance groups in ETO was contained in a letter
dated 15 August signed by General Whitley, of G-3, im,which he
indicated that the requirements for September-December 1944 for
American items had been sufficiently covered to hold in abeyance
further cargoes in New York awaiting shipment to the U.K. As
indicated in the August report these supply requirements for France
were to be based on delivery of 8300 tons of equipment during
September; it was subsequently decided to reduce the rate of supply
by 500 tons each month thereafter for the remainder of the year.
Medical supplies were included in this estimate and during September
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the Medical packing program was specifically set up to provide aid
for approximately 400,000 persons, supplies to be furnished in equal
amounts by the Americans and British.
Westfield Mission
Radio contact with both outposts of the Sepals operations
was maintained during the month and intelligence information
received at Westfield headquarters. Through special arrangement in
Stockholm OSS acquired access to an extensive network throughout
the Reich. Plans 'were being made to infiltrate 2 or 3 trained men
from Sweden into Germany via Norway.
Downend Mission (PK) -- a joint SI-30 project. See SI.
Operational Groups
In early September two more OG groups were despatched to the
field. One group of 57 officers and EM, together with a Jedburgh
team, left the UK for the Dijon area on 4 September with orders to
harass the retreating enemy in that region, (Lt. Walter Larsen, a
member of the unit, was later reported killed in action); the other
mission of 31 officers and EM was dropped to the same area on 9
September (the Co, Captain Kielbowicz, was killed when, jumping
No. 1 from the plane, he collided in mid-air with a container of
shells). Altogether 8 groups were despatched to the field since
inception; however, of the 5 so operating in early September, by
1 October 4 groups had been brought back to the UK, their missions
accomplished, and the remaining one had been ordered to return.
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Future Plans
Many discussions were undertaken during this period on SO's
role in the German operations. Though no specific projects were
formulated, plans for future operations revolved around the
following media: Field detachments with the American Armies on the
German border; German Pis; the use of French deportees in Germany;
T-Force operations In conjunction with other OSS Branches.
VII. MO
Total personnel 178 including 99 civilians.
Radio and Leaflet
MO's outstanding achievement of the month was the inauguration,
on 21 September, of its Paris "black" radio; the program has been
on the air for approximately 3 hours nightly ever since and daily
clearance of program material is obtained from PWD-SHAEF. Aimed at
destroying the internal solidarity of the German civilian population
by spreading false rumors and creating confusion, the broadcasts
ostensibly emanate from the German commander of a garrison town
somewhere between Berlin-Hamburg-Munich who has long disapproved
of Nazi politics and interference in military operations, Although
German reception to the program has not been ascertained, the Paris
press picked up the initial broadcast as indicating a new revolution-
ary movement in Germany. Application has been made to PWD-SHAEF
for time on Radio Luxembourg for "black' T operations so that the
same program or another along the same lines may be projected from
the most powerful continental station available to the Allies.
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Radio operations from the UK continued at Area "R" during
the vonth. Two hundred sixty-two thousand leaflets and stickers
were sent to the field for dissemination and arrangements were made
for the transmission of leaflets to Prince Bernhardt, leader of the
Dutch under ground.
Field Operations
Activities and personnel of the MO field unit operating under
Major Stacey Lloyd with the 12th AG expanded in September. Dis-
cussions were originally undertaken on forming a second MO field
team before it was subsequently decided that one field team alone,
enlarged by additional personnel, would continue operating under
Major Lloyd. Liaison was established by OSS personnel with the 21st
AG and work with them was projected to supplement field team oper-
ations at 12th Army Group. Contact was also made during the month
with the Des Prisonnier et Deporte minister who agreed to make
available to MO certain agents equipped with German papers to carry
printed material and spread rumors inside Germany.
Included in the monthly report is a detailed summary from
Major Lloyd on the field unit's operations for early September. The
highlights of his review include a brief formulation of German plans;
operations along the front were currently being carried out from
three outposts - Belgium, Holland, and the main base at Luxembourg.
Personnel Changes
Effective 1 October Howard Baldwin became Acting Chief, MO
ETO, replacing Rae Smith who retired as of that date. Major John
Harris became Deputy Chief of MO Paris; Major George Dibert Deputy
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Total personnel 9 including 3 civilians. Only the 1-15
September report available.
The Man 01 War project, providing for clandestine seaborne
delivery of supplies to Danish Resistance Groups was approved
during the first part of September. Lt. Comdr. Guest left for
Sweden to complete detailed arrangements for the first operation
under this project.
IX. COMMUNICATIONS
Total personnel 713 including 10 civilians.
As of the 1st of October, the Branch reported that communi-
cations were being maintained between London and Paris, 12th AG,
3rd, 7th and 9th Armies and two missions. During the month the
Paris Signal Office began operations and by September's end was
handling circuits to the Armies and Army Group with the exception
of the 7th Army which, it was anticipated, would join the net
during the first part of October.
In general, Communications reported a great decrease in agent
traffic for the period; the reduction of joint SO/SOE activities
in France resulted in plans being made to abandon Station Charles
and increase the facilities of Station Victor in order to carry the
full OSS communications load.
Future plans include the preparation for clandestine operations
within Germany; experiments are being made on a plane/ground
4 communications system. It is anticipated that 250 men will be
available for reassignment upon the closing of Area "C".
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Total personnel 40.
No report available.
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Total personnel 59 including 4 civilians.
During the month the Security Branch moved its forward
echelon to OSS Paris headquarters. Many new applications for
SHAEF military permits for travel to the continent were processed
at the London base.
XII. SERVICES
Total personnel 248 including 44 civilians.
As of 30 September, Services Branch lists the overall
strength of OBS in ETO at 3245 persons. in connection with the
current problem of transferring and reassigning large numbeisof
these persons, Services in conducting the personnel survey mentioned
In the introduction. Two forms were issued in September, one to be
filled out by every OSS employee, the other to be filled out by the
supervisor of every orimmitaWonal unit or sub-unit within OSS.
In general, Services has been active during the period moving
supplies and personnel from the UK to the new OSS Paris Headquarters.
The work of Services in organizing the Paris Headquarters was
outstanding.
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1. The following points in the report prepared by
tne Mediterranean Theater Office are believed to be
outstanding:
a. Evacuation of airmen from Switzerland
(p. 26), Romania (p. 27), Bulgaria and
Slovakia (D. 28).
b. Intelligence activity in Romania (pp. 27, 28).
C.
Withdrawal of teams from Mihailovich head-
quarters (pp. 26, 33) and from Sofia (D. 28).
d. IAMMIs difficulties with Tito (pp. 26, 32, 33)-
e. Operations begun in Slovakia (pp. 28, 32).
f. Operational phase of Noah's Ark in Greece
(P' 41),
g. Additional MO activities in combat zone in
Italy (pp- 42, 43)-
h. X-2 achievements in Florence (pp. 37).
i. R&A/Italy collecting intelligence on Japan
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MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS
REPORT
FOR SEPTEMBER 1944
I. GENERAL
A. Develo ents of General Interest
1. a. The newly formed Operations and Planning Commit-
tee is working steadily, concentrating on moving forward toward
Germany from the south. A number of city teems for the various
Balkan and Central European capitols are being formed to be
ready for immediate dispatch when theseelties open. The pro-
posal for the establishment of these teams was approved by
Major General Lowell Rooks, and personnel to man them is being
gathered and briefed. Each team is to include representatives
from SI, X-2, R&A, MO, SO and Services and will vary in size
according to the importance of the area to be covered. The
team for Belgrade is ready for entry in that city as soon as it
falls to our Allies and the Budapest unit is also complete.
Plans have been made for a new forward base to be established
somewhere in the Trieste area in the event of a German collapse
in Northern Italy. It will be staffed by personnel from the
Central European desk and from Company D and will devote itself
to Austria, Southern Germany and Hungary. If resistance con-
tinues, however, the present arrangement will be kept in force
with Company D carrying on combat intelligence work, and the
Central European desk devoting itself to deep penetration.
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b. Although no report was received on the French
intelligence teams during September the commendation from Col.
C. C. Sloan, Jr., assistant Chief of Staff G-2, AFH, that the
intelligence from OSS teams "was extremely accurate and contri-
buted in no small way to the success of the operation" (the 7th
Army invasion of Southern France) indicates the value of OS
intelligence reporting on France. Mr. Henry Hyde, French desk
chief, is now devoting his energies to the penetration of Germany.
c. Fbur small teams were dispatched by air to
Prance 20 September when they are to move over the French and
Italian border into Italy. These teams are termed Intelligence
Collection Units and are to gather documentary materials as
well as report on the political situation in the Worth Italian
towns as they are evacuated by the Germans.
d. A base has been established at Annemasse and
American airmen in Switzerland have been collected and housed
in Annecy prior to their evacuation to London and Italy. 083
had complete charge of all arrangements and the evacuation is
proceeding rapidly.
e. The team which was sent in to Mihailovich during
General Donovan in accordance with
August was ordered withdrawn tia directive from the President
after Marshal Tito made a formal protest at its presence.
Serbian Headquarters reported that Mihailovich called the team
a "mission" and said that assistance from the Americans could be
anticipated. This Interpretation of the team's presence was
quite erroneous, but in order to avoid further political diffi-
culties, it was ordered to return to Bari.
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B. Accomplishments of Outstandine Interest.
1. The ACRU unit which was so successful in evacuating
over 1300 force-landed fliers from Rumania was joined by an
intelligence team from Istanbul and a Bomb Damage Appraisal
unit. The group arrived in Bucharest early enough to secure a
great deal of extremely valuable material and were in a position
to become associated with the Russians as they moved into the
city. Close relations were established with the Russian Com-
mander and also with Rumanian Government officials, which pro-
duced a great deal of extremely valuable intelligenoe of all
sorts. The Bomb Damage Appraisal Unit made a study of the damage
to the Ploesti oil fields, and obtained valuable information of
the effectiveness of our bombing program and on oil installations.
We also provided personnel for a special NAAF board of inquiry
which was established to investigate the alleged atrocities to
U.S. airmen. The intelligence from Bucharest was so valuable that
MAAF established daily plane courier service for mail beginning
28 September.
As a result of the collection of more than a half a ton of
documentary material in Bucharest a problem arose as to its
final disposition. Representatives of WAAF suggested that this
material should be sent to the Air Ministry in London for final
analysis, but Colonel Glavin demonstrated to them that OBS oper-
ated independently of Army intelligence agencies under a directive
from the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As a result we turned over to
MAAF documentary material dealing with operational intelligence
and the balance of the materials were sent to Washington for
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future but it is felt that the reaffirmation of our independent
position will prevent its being serious.
2. Lt. Harry Harper went to Sofia from Istanbul, lead-
ing the first party from the Allied side, while that country
was still nominally at war with us. He arranged the evacuation
of 345 American aviators, and was instrumental in rerouting their
train from Sofia to Svilengrad to escape a bombing attack. He
has been recommended for the Legion of merit for these activ-
ities. Harper was later joined by additional personnel dropped
in from Bari. The Russians objected to the presence of the
group, however, and threatened to intern both the Amerioan and
British intelligence representatives. General Donovan has since
secured Russian approval for the continued operation of the OBS
team, who have been withdrawn to Turkey in the meantime. At
the end of the month word is still awaited from the local
Russian military oommander for permission to re-enter Bulgaria.
3. A combined SO-SI team is now successfully operating
in.Slovakia, in close oontaqt with the headquarters of the
Czech Forces of the Interior. They went in on 17 September
with a 30 fighter escort. No signals were displayed but they
took a chane and landed to find they were expected the day
before. Fourteen airmen were evacuated the same day and 25
more are now awaiting rescue. The team has sent out more than
50 messages, the first intelligence of its kind from.Czechoslo-
vakia, and is now asking for arms to equip 6,000 man.
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1. At the end of the month the administrative control
of the North African bases, Oran, Tanis and Casablanca, have
been shifted to Washington, and will henceforth be handled as
are the other bases in Africa.
2. It is understood that the OSS units with the 7th
Army will be transferred to Londono.OSS as soon as arrangements
can be made and that their activities will be operationally
under SHARP.
3. SPO0 activities at Algiers have closed and the plant
has been dismantled.
4. Plans are being made to close the Smyrna base and
to transfer caique activities to one of the islands near Greece
to be known as "Elba."
Time MEDTO is closing in its boundaries, concentrating
its efforts on Central Europe and Germany.
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II. SI (NATO personnel: 85 officers, 167 enlisted men, 72
,civilians; total 324. MEW personnel: 40 officers,
36 enlisted men, 71 civilians; total 147.)
A. French Section
No report.
B. Italy
Four new teams were dispatched to the field, two of
which began sending intelligence. Another is known to be safe
although the radio was destroyed when it was parachuted in.
Three other teams are in the final stages of preparation for
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dispatch to Northeastern Italy, and a fourth, which will super-
vise activities in Northwestern Italy and provide courier
service to the bth Army, is ready to go. Five teams were
reporting in September and a total of 237 messages was received.
"Nangostine", a seven-man team oomposed of SI, SO and
OG men to act as liaison officers with the Partisans in Northern
Italy was successfully dropped in, 26 September. It is to report
back intelligence gathered by the Partisans, the patriot mili-
tary situation, and the allocation and direction of supplies.
There has been heavy Partisan fighting in the Northwestern area
in which four of our teams were involved and six of our stations
have gone off the air as a result of German activities.
"Apricot" and liCitron" reported' the existence of an
entirely new defense line known as "Val VenetO," parallel to
the Adgio River. The existence .f this line has been confirmed
by aerial reconnaissance. The "Apricot" and "Citron" reports
were the first ground intelligence received on the new defense
positions. G-2 of AFEQ said the reports of the movement of the
90th PG and information leading to the identification of the
34th infantry division and coastal defenses along the Ligurian
coast were most valuable. Earlier reports of existence of an
artillery repair shop and ammunition depot have subsequently
been found to be accurate.
A group of 19 officers and men for 3 teams have been
flown to France for the overland penetration in Northern Italy.
They are to establish contact with the Partisans and are to
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report political and military information. If the Germans with-
draw in the near future they will be formed into Intelligence
Collection Units. There are many reports of low morale among
Italian and German troops.
C. Switzerland
A helpful lift was given to the Partisan morale and
OSS prestige when the MAAF supported a Partisan attack on the
town of Cannobio 25 September. The town had been lost 9 September
in a German drive as a result of Partisan lack of arms. One of
our agents forwarded a message that the town was to be attacked,
and requested air support. The supporting effort was highly
successful and a number of lake steamers, one of which had 500
Fascists on board, were sunk. Seven supply drops were made to
resistance groups in North Italy and one intelligence team was
dropped in. Four hundred fifteen items of intelligence were
received between 4 and 26 September, of which 45 percent were
relkted to Italy and the balance to Germany and eastern France.
The great bulk of intelligence pertained to battle order, and
troop movements and was relayed to the 6th and 7th Army and to
MAAF. There is apparent confusion among the various teams
operating in Northern Italy as a result of their being dispatched
and supervised by three or four different individuals. This con-
fusion parallels that which occurred earlier during the Italian
campaign as a result of a similar situation.
D. Central Europe
1. aarmArm-Arimi,,,i,
Anattempt will be made to launch
three teams into the Germany-Austria region in the near future.
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One will be sent to an area south of Vienna, one southwest of
Munich and the other Northwest of Villach, in South Austria.
These teams will be largely manned by German and Austrian
deserters. Nineteen of these are now receiving parachute train-
ing. Six may be sent to France for infiltration into north
Germany.
2. Hungary. The "Toledo" team Which was stalled at
6th Corps Headquarters lacking Tito's permission to move, has
-been in part withdrawn to Bari where it will,bo sent into
Budapest as soon as possible. The balance of the team will go
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into 610tailaL and from there into Hungary where their activities
will be coordinated with city teams.
3. Czechoslovakia. One Czechoslovakian speaking in-
structor went in with the Dawes team (see Outstanding Accomp-
lishments#3) 17 September to act as intelligence officer.
He has already sent out a great deal of valuable intelligence.
been
The "Houseboat II" team_hasi sent in starbly and will be inde-
pendent of the "Dawes" mission. Col. Stoj's two teams were not
allowed to chter Czechoslovakia from Yugoslavia and it is pos-
sible that we will take over one of them for our own use.
E. lUgoslavia
The IAM received 5 September a letter from Marshal
Tito protesting the continued delivery of supplies by the Allies
to Mihailovich forces and to the maintenance of official contacts
with the Chetnik leader
Concurrent with the delivery of this
letter a coolness in the attitude of the Partisans toward the
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informed subsequently that the team that had been sent to
Mihailovich was to be withdrawn and it was made clear to him
that this team was solely concerned with gathering of intelli-
gence and with assisting in the rescue of Allied airmen and
should not be construed as an official United States mission to
Mihailovich. Despite this, operations of a number of teams which
hel been using Illgoslavia as an advance base for the penetration
of Central Europe, continued to be restricted in their movements
and were prevented from infiltrating to adjacent territories.
Preparations were under way at the end of the month for
most of the IAN( personnel to move overland with the Slovak
forces to Belgrade concurrently with the antieipated military
developments in that area. The men continued the collection of
all available intelligence and the preparation of reports on
conditions in Yugoslavia.
Personnel from three of the-sub-missions of the AMR were
withdrawn for reassignment.
F. Albania.
Seventy six reports were issued during September from
intelligence received fran the field. Two of the teams have
moved North with Partisan groups and are reporting battle order
and economic information. Plans are being made for a reduction
in personnel which will take place with the anticipated freeing
Tirana
of Albania. A city teem for pocgoitat is fully briefed and ready
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G. Greece.
The first wave of the "Young Plan Junior" left Cairo
for a roundabout route to Athens early in September. A second
group was ready for departure the end of the month and is ex-
pected to arrive shortly after the first group. As was explained
last month, the plan was made more restricted than at first
anticipated and the organization will probably be a loose one.
The flow of intelligence material from Greece has become
so heavy that an order has been sent to the field suggesting
they transmit only the mast vital information. A reduced staff
had been working 16 to 18 hours a day in an effort to keep up
with cable material ithich was so heavy that the pouch material
was not processed. Several changes were made in team personnel
but no additional teams were sent in during the month. Several
trips were made to Greek Islands near Turkey in order to report
on conditions for interested civilian agencies. Cairo will be
maintained as a rsar base for some time until a amall headquarters
is established in Athens.
H. Near East.
The Near East undercover organization is functioning
smoothly, practically on a peacetime basis. One hundred eighty
three reports were received, 15 by cable, the result of the work
of our 28 agents and almost 300 subagents.
I. Turkey.
Istanbul SI has been virtually at a standstill this
month due to the Russian occupation of Rumania and Bulgaria
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countries, and the preoccupation of SI personnel with the
Bucharest and Sofia missions which are now controlled from Bari.
The Edirne base is being closed as the liberation of
Evros has obviated its usefulness. Col. Aldrich visited Istanbul
to survey its activities with a view to tightening the organiza-
tion.
J. Afrioa.
Cairo is proceeding with plans for developing an under-
cover SI organization in Ethiopia.
As a result of a touchy political set up in South Africa
our representative there has been instructed not to pursue with
local officials any matters of a counter-espionage nature, and
with the .IDB situation more or less quiesent, our remaining
agents throughout Africa are becoming restless. As the war
recedes they are beginning to wonder what their peacetime acti-
vities will be, and whether or not they will be duplicating the
work of other agencies. Forty cables and 498 pouch reports have
been received.
K. Labor Desk.
Four members of the Orchid-Tunic teams have been ordered
to return to Bari to prepare for other operations while the re-
maining four men have moved to the 4th Corps Headquarters just
south of the Austrian border where they are preparing to go into
Austria with the aid of Partisan guides. The nDunn" team is
ready to be sent Into Austria but its route is not yet estab-
lished and it may be devoted to post-hostilities work with the
city team which is slated for Vienna.
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L. Report: Section.
The head of the reports section held, a conference with
the various members of his staff during September to plan for
the reallocation of personnel necessitated by the closing of
Algiers. A large part of the personnel was sent to Bari to be
used in the processing of Balkan intelligence, and a new reports
section has been established at Siena to care for the needs of
Company D. This section is now issuing the daily intelligence
and operational bulletin, as well as special reports. These
reports contained 581 items of intelligence for the first half
of September as compared with 199 for the last half of August.
The Rome reports office is to be reorganized. The
Italian section had come to regard itself as "SI - Italy" and
during the course of time duplicated within itself the function
Due to this overlapping
of a reports office. ft was agreed that a new head of the
reports board was needed and application has been made to
Washington for a well-qualified individual who can fill this
position in an impartial capacity.
Rome has established close relations with various
Allied agencies working there Tito greatly appreciate the value
of our political and economic intelligence and the biographical
reports we have been furnishing.
A survey of biographical data on Japanese personalities
has been made and forwarded to Washington.
The Greek section reports increased from 361 to 535
during September and the total of original reports processed in
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Cairo reached a new high of 701. The problem of handling
Bucharest and Sofia intelligence has been solved by centraliz-
ing this work at Bari.
M. Air Section.
A Balkan and Central European railroad interdiction
program formulated by the Air Section was carried out by the
15th A.F. and the destruction of 16 main railroad bridges and
41 marshalling yards was reported. The bulk of the Air Section
staff returned to Washington during September for reassignment
to the Far East.
III. X-2 MATO personnels 21 officers, 27 enlisted men, 34
civilians; total 82. MEM personnels 12 officers,
10 enlisted men, 13 civilians; total 35)
The SCI unit attached to the 7th Army tracked down a
number of German agents, who in turn furnished leads to others,
as a result of information they alone possessed. It is apparent
that the Germans intended to leave a well-organized body of
trained intelligence representatives in the important towns of
France but it is believed that a great number of them have been
apprehended as a result of counter-intelligence measures that
have been taken.
The SCI unit in Italy apprehended 15 new agents in
September and X-2 representatives will be placed in the teams
designated for the major cities of northern Italy. The Florence
team established a record in the number of enemy agents run down
during its first month of operation. A sLandard procedure for
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that these men will be passed through the lines rapidly and
sent to the proper OSS officer.
Cairo has continued the interrogation of several German
agents and published a number of reports as a result of these
interrogations. Commeroial cover for seven new representatives
in the Near East has been devised. New personnel is expected
to arrive shortly. No X-2 representative will be moved to
Greece immediately, as the desk will continue to function in
Cairo for the time being.
IV. R&A (NATO personnel: 24 officers, 15 enlisted men, 9
? civilians; total 48. METO personnel: 4 officers,
8 enlisted men, 3 civilians; total 15.)
The Chief of R&A was on detached duty in September
acting as political intelligence officer for G-5 of the 7th
Army. This important assignment was to advise the civil affairs
officer on all political problems in southern France and to
report on the process of liberation, the return to democratic
methods, and the administrative organization in southeastern
France. He was able to reinforce the official Army stand that
American officers must in no way interfere with French affairs.
The trip enabled him to verify oss contentions of the importance
of ...:34.1*.ftvnna mwnivna and of their political and military signi-
ficance.
R&A was asked to prepare an overall plan for the post-
hostilities period. A shortage of personnel to fill requirements
placed on the Branch is indicated, since the diversion of men to
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personnel. Bomb damage assessment and Japanese intelligence
requirements impose additional demands that cannot be met in
full unless the personnel situation is altered.
The State Department has requested R&A to fill its
reportial function in newly liberated areas in northern Italy.
Two persona have already been sent to Co. D as part of the ICU
team for Turin.
A start has been made on the collection of intelligence
materials on Japan. The files of the Fascist Institute for Far
Eastern studies have been combed for target information and for
leads for individuals in Europe who can furnish further material.
The Institute of Foreign Commerce has also been investigated and
a bibliography of their materials has been prepared.
The continuation of the work on France and Italy has
Prevented the fulfillment of all requests for information on
Austria and Southern Germany made by G-5, but preliminary steps
towards meeting these demands have been taken. Special studies
have been made on wheat storage facilities in Italy and on the
milk production and consumption pattern. Special studies have
also been made on the dominant political tendencies in northern
Italy.
V. CD & R&D (IUT? personnel: 8 officers, 15 enlisted men, 5
civilians; total 28. METO personnel: 4 officers,
6 enlisted men; total 10.)
CD assisted by R&D has issued 95 cover documents for 3
Central European missions, and is now engaged in collecting
German and Austrian uniforms, insignia and decorations, and radio
AI: equipment for these projects. Because of the lack of adequate
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personnel it is hoped to combine efforts with CD London for
future operations.
The initial large shipment of R&D sabotage materials
was delivered to the Yugoslav Partisans and additional material
is ready to go. All supplies are now being withheld, however,
pending negotiations, as British SOE openly attempted to stop
the first shipment, frankly stating that it weakened the British
"hold" on activities in Yugoslavia.
The DF station at Casablanca was closed, the equipment
stored with the American consulate, and all personnel reassigned.
Three mobile DF teams have been sent to Marseilles where they
will work under G-2 on counter intelligence for the '7th Army.
OPERATIONS
VI. SO. MATO personnel: 106 officers, 114 enlisted men, 14
civilians; total 234. METO personnels 24 officers,
19 enlisted men, 2 civilians; total 45.)
A. Czechoslovakia.
For activities of the "Dawes" team see page 28.
B. 7Ugoslavia.
A teem of five who had gone to Croatia during August
as part of an ACRU were evacuated 25 September from an area near
the Hungarian border because the Partisan 6th Corps commander
had ordered them not to move. The area was heavily infested with
Germans coming out of Greece and the Partisan commander apparently
not want to be held responsible for the safety of the members of
the team. They were evacuated without having accomplished their
mission of co.17:eoting the Allied airmen in the area.
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C. Greece.
The death of Major Linn M. Farish on 10 September was
a sorely felt blow to OSS. Major Farish had been one of the
most valuable OSS officers in the Balkan area. At the time of
his death he was on a mission for the BAF reconnoitering Greek
air fields for Allied use during the coming weeks. 'He and 11
others were killed as their airplane crashed into a mountain
near Athens. He has been recommended for the Distinguished
Service Cross.
Captain James G. L. Kellis received the Legion of Merit
15 September and the Bronze Star was awarded to five others of
the "Chicago" mission for their work of destroying two bridges
in Evros district of Greece
The operational phase of Noah's Ark began 8 September
when all AMM, OG and RSR detachments began severing railroad
lines and highways to impede the Geruanis withdrawal from Greece.
Full reports on the activities are not available but reports
indicate that the Germans were severely hampered with their with-
drawal as a result of these operations. One report says that
400 meters of railroad line were cut while the party was under
heavy German artillery fire and six bridges were demolished by
other teams. 800 pounds of medical supplies were dropped to
the ARM Hospital to assist Greeks in the villages that had been
devastated by the Germans. A medical officer and medical tech-
nicians were also dropped in.
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The following air operations were carried out in
September:
Area Bodies Tons of Supplies,
S. France
5
136
N. Italy
11
26
YUgoslavia
14
9
Lack of aircraft is still a problem in northern Italy;
only twe planes are assigned this area at present.
VII. MO MATO personnel: 8 officers, 8 enlisted men, 22
civilians; total 38. METO personnel: 2 officers,
.8 enlisted men, 11 civilians; total 21.)
Sauerkraut II, a second infiltration of PW' s from a
Company D base to an area behind the German lines, was success-
fully carried out 8 September. Seven men, in three teams, were
3 infiltrated with a quantity of MO black material and were sent
from Prato northward, disseminating the propaganda in bivouac
areas, installations and vehicles and to gather all possible
intelligence on enemy morale and troop dispositions. The men
returned atthe end of a three-day period, bringing back a num-
ber of accurate items of military intelligence, and reports on
enemy morale. They reported seeing the Germans read and discuss
the material, and the subsequent capture of six Germans who
surrendered because of the propaganda they had read, demonstrates
the possibilities of this type of work. Further such missions
are planned in the near future.
Six hundred sixty kits were flown to resistance groups
in Italy and France during September, and a drop of 200 pounds
of material
to tho Austrian-Italian frontier was made. Some of
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the material was directed specifically to Italian Fascists and
to satellite battalions, and other parts-of it 'fere directed for
the German divisions. SO and SI agents going through the lines
on combat intelligence missions from Company-D, now carry about
500 pounds of MO material every week. There is a passibility
that a production center may be established in Switzerland for
infiltrating MO materials into Germany. About a ton of materials
containing nearly four million items have been sent to Vis for
distribution in Yugoslavia. One million copies of the 15th
August edition of Das Neues Deutschland were printed in miniature
and dropped over the Reich by air.
The Boston team is broadcasting daily and reports from
Greek personnel indicate that the program is effective. The
Ulysses team is being recalled. The Greek and Rumanian bv4ga-
casts have been discontinued, but the Hungarian broadcast is
being continued and a number of printed items for Hungarian
consumption had been prepared for distribution from Bari.
VIII. MU (NATO personnels 11 officers, 29 enlisted men,
total 40. METO personnel: 6 officers, 9 enlisted
men; total 15.)
Cairo prepared for the consolidation of the bases at
Crtius, Boston, and Key West in a new location much nearer the
mainland of Greece. This consolidation will release personnel
and reduce the need for claques. Shipment of food has been
made to the Grecian Islands near Turkey and clothing and supplies
which are held in a warehouse in Egypt will soon be shipped to
10 the mainland. Arkangszents have been
gasoline supplies from British sources.
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The two rescue boats sent to Italy are being prepared
for sea duty. One will be used by the IAMM on the east
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of Italy, and the other will be based at Naples. Directions
from higher authorities limited the continuation of 1417 operations
from the advance base of Company D.
IX. OG (NATO personnel: 100 officers, 700 enlisted men; total
--- 800.)
A. France.
Al]. French OG sections are now at Grenoble awaiting
evacuation to Naples, where they will be screened and part of
the personnel returned to the Army for reassignment. The 13
sections report that they have killed 461 Germans, taken 10,021
prisoners and destroyed 133 vehicles, 32 bridges, 11 power lines,
lt2 trains and 3 locomotives. They mined 17 roads and shot down
3 aircraft. They lost only 1 officer and 4 enlisted men. One
officer and 9 enlisted men were wounded and 1 officer is missing.
B. Italy.
The "Walla Walla" station was off the air between the
7th and 24th of September because of German activity in the
region in which they operate. Contact has been re-established
and a medical supply drop has been made to them. Three men were
sent in to the Pinerolo region for liaison work with a patriot
organization. They were dropped 29 September in the midst of a
battle between the Germans and French resistance forces. The WIT
operator was killed and the set was captured, but two other men
escaped. Two reconnaissance groups are ready to be dispatched
to northeastern 147.1y to report on possibilities of drop-Dina in
combat sections in the areas. OG personnel comprises part of the
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*Mangoatine" team Which was in the Lake Maggiore region to main-
tain liaison with Partisan groups.
C. YUgoalavia.
An officer and six enlisted men who were dropped into
Yugoslavia 17 September were ordered to the coast for evacuation
after Partisan commanders were reported to consider the proposed
operation undesirable. As a consequence the entire personnel and
all the equipment from Via have been ordered withdrawn and the
mon returned to the mainland for reassignment.
D. Greece.
OG patrols in Greece, 11 officers and 138 enlisted men,
have been extremely active participating in Noah's Ark activi-
ties, attacking trains and enemy columns on the move. One patrol
destroyed a bridge an What is believed to be the main north-
south railroad line in Greece 21 September. A number of other
attacks were made on railroad lines and locomotives were wrecked,
and a large number of German personnel are believed to have been
killed.
T/5 James Lauba, medical technician, was awarded the
Silver Star, 21 August, for gallantry in the battle on the Island
of Solta, 19 March. Corporal Lauba is now in Greece. Lt. John
Giannaria has been awarded the Purple Heart as a result of wounds
he received while going to the aid of injured enlisted men during
an attack on a railroad line 9 September. Lt. Giannaris sustained
more than 200 shrapnel wounds and was evacuated in a critical
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X. Communications (NATO personnel: 37 officers, 247 enlisted
men, 16 civilians; total 300. METO pers-
onnel: 10 officers, 50 enlisted men, 18
civilians; total 78.)
By 10 September 80 percent of all the French circuits
had been eliminated and personnel tilid equipment from Cap
Matifou were being sent to Caserta. There were 68 active agent
circuits as of 30 September and 33 additional circuits were pend-
ing. Cairo was operating over 28 fixed circuits and handling a
very heavy volume of trimming traffic, and Istanbul was main-
taining 15 schedules having staffed the forward bases at Bucharest
and Sofia.
11. Services (NATO personnel: 22 officers, 189 enlisted men,
51 civilians; total 262. MET? personnels 5
officers; 64 enlisted men, 14 civilians; total
83.)
With the release of 30 1/4-ton trucks and the vehicles
which are being brought from Algiers) it is believed that we will
at last have sufficient motor transportation to meet all future
demands.
The mess and billeting department has been a beehive of
activity due to the many-arrivals but the housing situation is
being satisfactorily met. Two new apartment houses have been
acquired in Gabei-ta and plans made to
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200 EM. Bari is meeting the situation by obtaining billets in
Italian families.
Arrangements have been made for incoming cargo to be
stored with the Port Quartermaster at Leghorn.
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XII. Schools & Training (NATO personnels 13 officers, 54
enlisted men, 1 civilian; total 68.
MEW personnel: 3 officers, 10
enlisted men; total 13.
The parachute, communication and paramilitary schools
at Algiers have all been closed down. Further training is
being carried on at training areas in Italy. The mission of
the school at Cairo having been accomplished it has been closed
and the personnel placed with other branches or returned to
Washington.
XIII. Other Branches
A. Special Funds (NATO personnels 7 officers, 6 enlisted
men, 6 civilians; total 19. MEW
personnels 1 officer, 1 civilian; total 2.
Reciprocal aid is being established in France and when
additional personnel arrives a large part of the fixed charges
will be changed from unvouchered to voudhered funds. Good
records are being kept of our expenditures in France and the
millions of francs that were advanced to our agents there are
being accounted for satisfactorily.
The status of American civilian personnel is being
investigated and it is expected that almost all of them will be
put on the vouchered funds payroll in the near future. One man
has been left in Algiers to close out the station And it is
antieipated
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Ernch 44,ADA will be closed by
B. Security MATO personnels 8 officers, 7 enlisted men,
9 civilians; total 24. METO personnel: 2
officers, 9 enlisted men, 4 civilians; total
15.)
progress.
All Branch and Company Security officers report routine
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disturbing problem for all of the offices and a serious attempt
is being made to have military authorities make an exception to
the War Department ruling that no men may be drawn from Replace-
ment Depots for guard purposes.
C. Medical Office (NATO personnel: 5 officers, 5 enlisted
mon, 1 civilian; total 11. METO
personnels 3 enlisted men.)
The Headquarters dispensary is now organized and supply
channels, hospitalization and evacuation plans are completed. A
similar dispensary should be established at Rome, and more enlist-
ed personnel is urgently needed. Medical chests are being pre-
pared for the City Teams from supplies left over from French
operations. Maj. Carpenter, newly appointed Chief Surgeon NATO,
has made a survey of medical conditions on Vis and of medical
needs among the Partisans, and consideration is being given to
the question of furnishing the Partisans with medical supplies.
D. Field Photographic MATO personnel: 1 officer, 5
enlisted men; total 6. METO
personnel; I enlisted man.)
It is planned that a cameraman accompany each of the
City Teams but the present personnel of 1 officer and 5 navy
EM is entirely inadequate. A film has been made of combat
activities of OSS attached to the 7th Army September 5-13. This
A Another
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Interesting film was made of OSS activities with the 8th Army
in Northern Italy showing SI and MU working with former Italian
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AREA DESCRIPTION MEN PROGRESS DURING SEPTEMBER
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Czechoslovakia
DAWES Slovakia
HOUSEBOAT II
Bulgaria
CENTRAL EUROPE
6 4 men wont into Slovakia 17 Sept. Returning planes
evacuated 14 airmen. 29 Sept. 2 additional mon went
in. More than 50 messages were transmitted by the
29th.
Intelligence Has produced 60 messages, much of which is valuable
unit of Dawes battle order on enemy troop dispositions around CFI
Group territory. Additional personnel, Houseboat I, are
to be sent in, also 40-50,000 pounds of supplies.
SOFIA CITY UNIT 4 Group of 4 arrived in Sofia from Istanbul 9 Sept.
At request of Russians returnod to Istanbul 28 Sept.
QD
SPRINGFIRLD Sofia Joined the OSS teem in Sofia on 17 Sept. Were
evacuated to Istanbul 28 Sept.
Germany-Austria
MAPLE (formerly Advance base for 4 On the move. Base to remain in Slovenia. Area may
Fisher) Slovenia penetration of yet open up for penetration.
Germany-Austria
FERN, TUNIC , Labor Desk teams 8 4 members are preparing to move into Austria with
ORCHID, ROSE 4th Corps for penetration Partisan guides. They will operate under name "Orchid"
Hq. Germany-Austria Other 4 men will go to Slovenian Hq. to return to Bari.
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TOLEDO 6th Hq. Advance base for Leader and one other officer withdrawn 18 Sept.
penetration of Remainder of teem will come out as soon as YNAL
Hungary grants clearance
Etznania
BUCHAREST CITY UNIT
REUNION (Acru)
WENDING OPERATIONS
Czechoslovakia
Sole medium through which intelligence has been trans-
mitted from Russian General Staff. 1,190 airmen
Evacuation of airmen. evacuated during September
With the City Unit
COTTAGE Intelligence Will go in as soon as weather permits. Going in with
Force 139 groups, but will work independently.
CD
DAY 5 Will be sent in as soon as weather permits.
PRAGUE CITY UNIT 18 Being briefed.
Germany-Austria
DARE CFI Hq. 1 To act as representative of Germany-Austria desk for
Slovakia oolleotion of documents and for interrogation of
possible prisoners.
DEERFIELD Garmish-
Partenkirchen
DILLON lirt of Villaoh
4 Ready to go in.
5 or 6 To be dropped first available date.
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Labor Desk 2 Has been briefed and is ready to enter the field.
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DUPONT S. of Vienna Intelligence 4 Ready to go in.
FRITZ tt 14
MUNICH CITY UNIT 15 Status uncertain until it is decided whether area will
be controlled by ETO or MEDTO.
VIENNA CITY UNIT 21 Briefing is progressing rapidly.
Hungary
BOWERY I Waiting to be flown to Slovakia from which point over-
land penetration will be attempted.
BOWERY II
3 Will go to Slovakia where radio will be set up.
Leader will cross border and set up courier line to
transmitter.
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Genoa to Ital- Intelligenoe Mi.- 4 Returned to the air 19 Sept., after 11 days lay-off
ian Riviera sion due to enemy activity. Mission chief became separated
from operator, and worked with the Patriots. Another
agent has been requested. 40 items.
Cuneo to 1 Dropped 26 Sept. in Liguria.
Savona
Lake region Military intel- 2 49 items. Reported: new line of defenses along Valle
ligence Veneto; SS troops retiring from Liguria, except at
Genoa and French border, whick they intend to defend;
location of espionage center for Liberated Italy.
Supplies dropped 26 Sept.
Turin
Intelligence Mis-
sion
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Returned to the air 24 Sept, after being off the air for
a month. Now using "Quinoe's" radio. It is not known
whether or not the radio is in the hands of the enemy.
2 82 itoms. Reported on Gothic line, the massing of
forcen along the Po, strength of garrisons in 18
northern cities. Resupplied 27 Sept.
Team was landed in January. It never established con-
tact with the base although other teams reported it
safe. One member of team was reported to have OOKO
through the 8th Army lines 6 ept.
GUAVA I No report.
GUAVA II Milan
Returned to air 19 Sept. after being off the air for a
month. New radio im*Ing sent in with another team.
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KINGSTOI LaSpezia
MANGCSTINE Logo Maggiore
MEDLAR Milan
MEDLAR III
MELON (form- Genoa
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ORANGE Turin
PEAR Venice
PINEAPPLE Cuneo &
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(formerly Locust)
No report.
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Mission was dropped 26 Sept. 29 Sept. first direct
contact.
Forced out of Bologna because of enemy action. Now at
Milan.
Sent to tho field 10 Sept. First radio contact 18 Sept
Transmitting tactical intelligence -?:o OSS Detaohment
of 5th Army. Coordinating Patriot activities.
Chief agent and 2 others came out through German lines
into France and Caserta, bringing a map of installa-
tions at Imperia and information of Ligurian coast.
The N/T operator is in contact with base, but it is
not known whether the cipher is secure. Team is to
return to original area.
Supplied with plastic and detonators 9 Sept. Reported
movements of 90th PG from Sestrie to Turin and Udine,
other troop movements at Turin ft Pinerolo, many
desertions from Italian divisions.
No report.
Successfully dropped 9 Sept. Radio damaged.
No report.
Forced to move because of enemy figh.:;ing.
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RAISIN Bologna Intelligence kis- 3 No radio contact since capture of BIT operator.
'ion New radio operator and equipment to be dropped.
STRAWBERRY N. of Turin
IMPENDING OPERATIONS
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Established oontact 26 September after repairing
radio. W/T operator is to be placed with a resis-
tance group. Reported the evacuation of Val Pellice,
Lanzo-Cuneo area.
CHERRY NE Italy 1 2 unsuccessful attempts to deliver agent.
DATE II
Belluno-
Udine
PAPAYA Franco- Intelligence - 19 To be divided into 3 groups. One to go to Piedmont,
Italian to direot ac- One to Liguria, one to Lombardy. Flown to French
Border tivities of base 29 Sept.
CI teams
14' POMEGRANATE NE Italy 111e111gence Ready for departure.
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CONTINUING OPERATIONS
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Intelligence
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Mission
ATBLETES
Pirgos
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Shipping
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Mission was arrested by ELAS, later released, partly
through the help of an Amerioan'offioer attached to one
of the Allied missions. The agent participated in
negotiations between security battalions and ELLS.
Two unsuccessful attempts were made to drop radio
equipment. The leader also took part in preliminary
discussions for an armistice between Security bat-
tenons and ELAS.
New radio operator arrived.
Leader evacuated 20 August.
Providing spot shipping intelligence, information on
troop movements and politioal developments.
Target information being reported to Bari. Mission has
moved its base and is following Zervas lici.
Agent and operator now installed in Samos and are
reporting via Izmir. Mission will probably be of a
short duration.
28 Sept. the mission arrived at Mt. Pelion and will
proceed westward to its destination in Pindus Mts.
Supplying intelligenoe on German traffio from Larissa
to Salonica. Involved in negotiatione for the sur-
render of a German garrison. at .Tyrnavos. Has over-
fuebitious plans for a largo network.
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GASOLENE Salonika
GORGON Corfu
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No report.
5 Sept. the agent brought out much information.
Returned to Greece 15 Sept. and was met by an Italian
known to be & spy for Germany. The spy was captured
and sent to Bari, along with his collection of papers.
Bari based mission.
Cairo based mission. Reported on shipping through
straits north of Evvia. 28 Sept. another member of
the mission arrived in Evvia. Party then proceeded
to mainland.
25 Sept. successfully infiltrated. Hq. are to be
established on Turkish ooast. Radio oontaot has not
yet been made.
Tried unsuccessfuly to avert civil strife. Sea opera-
tion for resupply planned.
Sent out exoellent shipping information on Volo and
straits between Evvia and mainland. Simmons and
Ulysses at headquarters.
Waiting for radio operator to arrive before setting
out for eastern Maoedonia.
Sailed 26 Aug. First radio intelligenoe received.
A small expedition left Boston 14 Sept. to observe
conditions. Germans have ev&oustod the island. The
mission is directed from Izmir.
Came on the air 6 Sept. Transmitted valuable target
information. Resupply operation planned.
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Continued to report military movements of the enemy.
2 The two agents are going to work independently. 24
Sept. the calque carrying mail and money for the
missions in Salonica area was reported to have been
captured.
3 In financial straits.
Arrived at Pelion, with Horsebreeders mission. Con-
tinuirig activities although it is reported that the
object is no longer in the vicinity.
New radio operator left Alexandria 9 Sept. Leader
and operator started mouth with Hq. of ELAS Regt.
2 Radio contact intermitent. Have requested a new
radio. Leader in consultation with air force
officers for detaining intelligenoe on airdromes and
oounter-sabotage operations.
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WILLOq Serbian Hql it 3 Went in during September.
RANGER Mihailovich it 5 Reported on the move. Mission being recalled at
Tito's request.
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AREA DES,MIPTION MEN PROGRESS DURING SEPTIIMBER
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CONTINUING OPERATIONS
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Slovene Parti- Intelligenoe 7 No report.
san Hg.
ASH Voiwodina 3 Went in during September.
IMAM Vis Liaison & 16 Sending an increased amount of intelligence. Plane
intelligence courier service established.
MULBERRY Croatian Parti- Intelligence 5 No report.
san Hg.
OAK & PALM Naval Command No report.
PINE Istria No report.
REDWOOD Montenegro No report.
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NE OF TIRANA Intellicence 2 Another man waiting for favorable weather to go in
Mission
PERRY TIRANA
2 Additional personnel to be sent to mission
PCA KOSINA 23 Sept. at off ioer paraohuted in to oonfer with the
leader of the mission. 1 EM and 1 civilian were
evacuated by sea 28 Sept.
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AREA DESCRIPTION MEN PROGRESS DURING SEPTEMBER
Greece
6 Patrols
Capt. Eichler's Salonika
Patrol
Lt. Peyton's Yanitza
Patrol
Lt. Chumas1 Katerini
Patrol
Lt. GiannarieKaitsa
Patrol
Capt.Verghis1
Patrol
Italy,
CHRYSLER Monte
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FORD Pinerolo
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Liaison & sabotage Destroyed railraod bridge north of Salonika 21 Sept.
operations
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a combined operation*)
18 Sept, with RSR and Andarte help, attacked German
garrison. Ambushed and destroyed 2 trucks of enemy
troops.
Destroyed railroad track and blew up enemy troop train
8-9 Sept. 13 Sept. wrecked another troop train.
7 & 6 Sept. attempted to out railroad south of Kaitsft.
One man was killed, the leader WAS wounded and evacu-
ated 18 Sept. 21 Sept. with RSR elements ambushed an
infantry column, with heavy German casualties.
Withdrawn 5-6 Sept.
Team was dropped 26-27 Sept. First message received
29 Sept - all safe, requested resupply drop which was
made that night.
3 Mission was dropped 29 Sept. Reported on 3 Oct. that
on landing near Abries, it found itself in a battle
between troops and resistance groups. Leader and one
man escaped. The WIT operator was killed and the radio
oaptured by the enemy.
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another team. 26 Sept. supplies & medicine for EM
who is ill with malaria.
9 16-17 Sept. team was dropped. Beonuse of Partisan
disapproval of operation, it was ordered out on
19 Sept.
Ready to go in.
Ready to go in.
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IORAY Greece Hospital 2 800 pounds of medical supplies landed at sub-mission
"Fatalist" "Maudie" for the hospital.
LIAISON OFFICERS AT SUB-MISSIONS
"BCCOLE" Liaison Officer 1 Mission inspected by Sr. U. S. Officer
"BOVINGTON" 2 Reported heavy fighting 17 Sept. 23 Sept. the stib-
mission destroyed 2 enevy vehicles. 1 EM arrived at
sub-mission
re Inspected by Sr. U. S. Officer
"GEOFFREY"
" KEARNEY" Pernara Destroyed 2 bridges and a road on Amphissa-Novpaktos
road. Operating 4 soup kitchens for children.
"LAPWORTH" Mission inspected by Sr. U. S. Officer.
"LELLIAN" Corinth Continuing liaison functions.
"MORTLAKE" Elan Hq. Sr. Am. Liaison 2 Returned to headquarters, ill with malaria, but
recovering
"PORTIA" Aegean coast Liaison Officer Destroyed Larissa-Volos railway line. Shelled the
station at Makrykhosi.
It
"RENOVATION" Zen-vas Report the air field completed. One man evacuated.
territory
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"SEEPSTEADO Epirus Continuing liaison functions.
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Liaison with
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Two supply drops 6 and 14 September.
Supplies dropped 10 Sept.
No report.
2 members of team for penetration of Austria dropped.
No report.
To bo withdrawn for reassignment. Supplies were
dropped 10 Sept.
Leader withdrawn to !report on activities
19 airmen evacuated 6 Sept. The team WAS evacuated.
Being withdrawn for reassignment.
Supplies dropped 10 Sept.
ABBEVKLLE S.Macedonia
ALTMARK Bosnia
CUCKHOLD Slovenia
DARIEN Croatia
DEPOSNT Montenegro
FLOTSAM Slovenia
FUNGUS Croatia
GEISHA Slavonia
HkCIENDA(ACRU)
HALYARD (ACRU) Serbia
RELATOR Dalmatia
SPIKE Macedonia
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DETACHMENT 101
Note by Reports Officer
The report prepared by the Far East Theater Office
contains the folloveing outstanding points:
a. Decor..LiuiL6 received by S officers,
officer, 3 enlisted men (p. 64).
b. Operational activities at minimum but intelli-
gence flow normal (pp. 64, 65).
c. Headquarters moved to Myitkyina (p. 64)-
d. Groups in jungle not heard from for months
contacted and found safe (p. 65).
e. Pigeons to supplement radio network (p. 66).
f. R&D develops three new devices (p. 67).
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FAR EAST TARATER OFFICE REPORT
SEPTEMBER, 1944
DETACHMENT 101
Personnel - Army - Off. 97, EM 180, Navy - Off. 5,
EM 18, Civilians 3
I. General
Twelve members of Detachment 101 received commen-
dations and decorations during the past month. Colonel
Peers was awarded the Legion of Merit for having flown more
than 117 hours on 28 operational missions behind Japanese
lines in Burma. Captain Curl, Lt. Comdr. Luce and Sgt.
Andrew W. Shaffer also received the Legion of Merit for
meritorious achievement. Major Houston, Major Wilkinson,
Lt. Comdr. Pier, Captain Lutkin, Lt. Richter, 1/0 Rhea,
MiSgt. Eng, and Haimson were awarded the Bronze Star
modal
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101 achievements were limited during the past month
to keeping up the normal flow of intelligence and to a
minimum of operational activities. Headquarters moved to
Myitkyina, an operation comparable to moving a division by
air.
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II. SO
Operational activities in all areas did continue.
Additional numbers of American, British and native person-
nel were put into the field. In Area I, the HATE group,
consisting of two agents who have been in the jungle and
not heard from since June, were contacted. Both men were
safe. The TULA group, similarly isolated for two months,
was also located and found to be safe. At Captain Lam
Tang's headquarters in Area 1, 1300 armed Kachins recruited
in the field, are getting ready for combat duty. The radio
network of Area II now feeds directly into General Stillwell's
headquarters, so that all activities will be immediately
reported to the higher echelon. In Area III by agreement
with the 33rd brigade, 14th Army, 101 operations will be
confined to the east banks of the Chindwin and will coor-
illuate with British patrols on the west bank. The Com-
munications section at Nyitkyina has contact with all main
field units as well as combat headquarters and Nazira en-
abling all field operations to be readily directed from this
base. Casualties on the Japanese in all areas from September 1
to September 15 were 45 killed and 4 wounded. One informer
who turned a British aviator over to the Japanese was captured
and executed.
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III. Communications
At midnight, September 30, all field traffic was
taken over by our new forward base at Witkyina, Burma.
This leaves only four operating positions at 101's new base.
One position is being used for working the Army circuits,
one for working south (Calcutta), one for our China leg, and
a spare for working intra-net stations in the Assam area
(Chabua, Dinjan, and Gelekey). The present setup at Myitkyina
consiits of: (a) a position for contacting the three area
base stations, (b) one into 101's base, (c) a standby pos-
ition for our Air Warning stations, (d) and a spare position
for taking over any area should that area's station go off
the air.
The OSS radio network will now be relieved to some
degree by the use of pigeons. They will carry: routine
requisitions which take up valuable radio time, emergency
messages that cannot await a regular radio schedule, and
communications from various patrols and agents working deep
in enemy territories whore radios may be unavailable.
IV. MO
Mrs. MacDonald, new CBI chief 1/02 and her staff at
New Delhi have been turning out projects suggested by offi-
cers at 101. k small 'printing unit will be set up at 101
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to produce leaflets and rush jobs. Larger printing orders
will be sent to New Delhi. Facilities have been perfected
so that MO material will be disseminated by 101 agents at
least once a week.
V. R&D
R&D has developed three new devices during the past
month. One is a device into which documents may be placed
and destroyed should it be necessary to do away with them
on short notice. Another is a stick of explosive wood which
has been dropped to one of the operational groups in Burma
in hopes of destroying a wood-burning locomotive. The third
is a model for a parachute-locating device. It has been
completed and preliminary tests conducted.
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SACO
Note by Reports Officer
The report prepared by the Far East Theater Office
contains the following outstanding points:
a. helatior.... improved wiLh Navy but deteriorated
with Chinese and general outlook is poor (p. 68).
b. SI agents dispatched in June not yet heard from
(pp. 68, 69).
c. Nor has Thai group had any word from agents
overdue about two months. (p. 69).
d. Radio operators and observers dispatched to
Foochow, Canton and other places (p. 69).
e. Additional MO personnel dispatched to Canton
(p. 69).
f. SO demolition work for 14th Air Force to hold up
Japanese (p. 70).
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SEPTIMER, 1944
SACO
Personnel - Army - Off. 60, EM 74, Navy - Off. 11,
EM 4, Civilians 53.
I. General
Relations with the Navy ad other U. S. organiza-
tions have been good. Commodore Mlles has assisted by
transporting OSS men and materials to eastern China. Rela-
tions with the Chinese have deteriorated, the main reason
being that we have curtailed expansion for SI and SO until
projects now under way show results. Since this decision
does not fit in with SACO plans made by General Tai Li,
he does not like it. Colonel Coughlin has decided after
discussion with each branch head that little can be ex-
pected of any project under suo. This conclusion is jus-
tified by branch progress reports.
II. SI - Personnel: Army - 2 Off., 1 Civ.
Red Project Group 1, consisting of original
Chinese personnel assigned by General Tai Li to us for
training as agents, has not been heard from since depart-
ing to occupied territory in June. Agents may have been
picked up by the Japanese or they may have had radio
trouble, but the general belief is that they are too young
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Li himself admitted they had failed on other missions.
and inexperienced to carry out theiD. As for Red Project
Group 2, Mr. Peters and four radio operators were dispatched
September 20 for Foochow, Wenchow, Haimen and Amoy. Operators
and observers for Canton, Hoihow and Kwang Chow Wan left
September 25 by truck. A Chinese representative of SI has
gone with them to keep contact with SO radio station in
Liuchow. If Japanese take Liuchow this man will remain to
act as a supply base and courier stop. Hopes are better for
this project than for Red Project Number 1, but so far 111
have invested $7,000,000 in Chinese currency in these two
SI projects and have received no intelligence from them yet.
The Thai group has not heard from any of its agents,
who have been overdue about two months.
III. MO - Army: 4 Off., 3 FW
China's outstanding modern cartoon artist, Yeh Chen
Yu, has been recruited to devote half his time to akco - MO.
With the cooperation of two American cartoonists from Air
Force Units, Yeh will produce pictures to be pressed at
Calcutta. A radio operator and a code man were dispatched
to Canton on September 10 to join SACO - MO agent in oper-
ation there since August. They will continue to spread
rumors and distribute propaganda leaflets.
1
We have agreed to disseminate GNI weekly news sheets
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to our agent already established in Canton, and. forwarded
the first batch of 1,000 on September 15. Radio monitor-
ing is being continued and plastic records are being made
of impoitant broadcasts.
SACO - MO has four personnel now in Chungking await-
Lae transportation to Foochow where they will establish an
advance base. They will recruit agents to enter occupied
territory, giving priority to agents for the Shanghai area.
Eventually they will build WI effective organization to
disseminate rumors and leaflets in Swatow, Amoy, Formosa,
and other Japanese-held areas.
IV. SO - Army: 11 Off., 2 EM
After complete failure to obtain cooperation or
results under SACO, Major Dow was requested by General
Vincent to hinder the advance of the Japanese on all roads
leading to Kweilin and Liuchow from north, east and south.
On SepteMber 21 and 22 two groups loaded With supplies left
for areas of operation. They have destroyed ferries, sam-
pans, and bridges, caused mountain slides, and generally
been effective in harassing and holding up the Japanese.
Both teams are still in the field. Their work is Ovsely
coordinated with 14th Air Force and Chinese 4th. Ur Area
Commanders. Twenty-four hour radio contact makes it possi-
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information is gathered and decisions are made.
Two radio operators, Pvts. Prorok and Todd, who
according to Major Dow are "the best trained and most
efficient radio operators I have ever worked with" are
still privates in spite of the Major's recommendations for
their promotions. Major D6W-says "I consider this lack
of attention to such superior qualified personnel unfair
and unjust."
V. COMMUNICATIONS - Army: 1 Off., 7 EM
The morale of the Communications Branch is low
because of the lack of promotions.
VI. X - 2 - Army: 2 Off. Chungking, 2 EM
6 Off. Kunming, 3 EM
September is the first month of full scale X - 2
operations.
A Japanese spy has been apprehended and turned
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ternea as a prisoner of war.
VII. - Army: 2 Off.
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Note by Reports Officer
1. The following points in the report -orepared by
the Far East Theater Office are believed to be outstand-
ing:
a. Scorching operations impeding enemy
advance (p. 72).
b. Intelligence on coastal defenses, shipping,
rail movements and weather in Third War
Area (.4). 73, 74).
c. Dispatch of agents for Canton and Hongkong
(pp. 75, 76).
d. Difficulty in training agents planted by
Tai Li. (p. 76).
e. Maintenance of tactical intelligence
activity despite military defeats in Ninth
War Area (pp. 77, 78).
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FAR EAST THEATER OFFICE REPORT
SEPTEMBER, 1944
AGFRTS
Personnel - Army - Off. 26, Elf, 41, Civ. 5
Headquarters at Kweilin was abandoned on 16
September because of Japanese advances. Radio commun-
ication serving General Vincent and tactical comman-
ders at all bases in eastern China continued. Small
liaison teams placed with field headquarters reported
by radio details concerning the position of the enemy
and the morale of the Chinese troops. Lt. Johnson was
attached to a group which in 72 hours blew up a 100-foot
steel railway bridge, numerous wooden bridges, a water
tower, and other objectives. Major Dow impeded the
enewy advance by systematic
V.4^41/40
tA,V kat VA. Utt, J.
Another liaison team was left in Kweilin for liaison
with the 31st Army to provide General Vincent with
tactical data. Several good agents will be left in
Kweilin if the Japanese occupy the city.
72
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I. First Aar Area.
Captain Burch in the First War Area has excellent
contacts as far afield as Mukden, and prospects for a
systematic gathering of enemy publications, collection
of all kinds of passes into enemy territory, and inaugu-
ration of demolition work are promising. During the
months of June and July Captain Burch's team reported
Japanese movements outward along the Ping-han line,
helping CAW destroy some 100 vehicles and 300 soldiers.
Captain Burch estimates that he can build a net of agents
reporting by radio from Pukow, Pingpu, Suchow, Haichow,
Kaifung, Sinsiang, Sinyang, Tsian, Tsingtao, Tientsen,
Peking and even Dairen, Anshan and Nukden to a sub-base
or key station in the pocket east of the Ping-han line.
Personnel are available and in many cases already work-
v.s.../.vsJv
Third War Area.
This area, one of the largest worked by AGFRTS,
is
important for future development of all phases of intelli-
gence because of its strategic location in relation to
metropolitan Snanghai, Nanking and large cities on the
Chekian coast. Some twenty agents are now residing in
Shanghai, Hangchow, Nanking, and other cities. Most of
Mr"
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them are using land-line communications, (checking enemy
shipping in the vicinity of Wenchow), and reporting daily
on shipping to and from Amoy harbor, the information
reaching tactical units in six hours. Our agents report
feverish enemy activity in building defenses along the
entire coastline between Shanghai and Wenchow and on is-
lands in the Chusan archipelago. Thousands of coolies are
being drafted for work on airfields.
An observer in the vicinity of Anking reports twice
weekly on shipping along the Yangtze. Agents in the Nan-
king area have given especially satisfactory intelligence
on railways, air and train schedules, troop trains, and
rolling stock for the Nanking-Shanghai railway and sub-
sidiary lines as well. Major Herbst's "locomotive busting
boys" of the 74th Squadron have made good use of this
information and hope to exploit agent intelligence on
Japanese air transport between Formosa and Hanchow.
Weather information from the Third War Area is radioed
to tactical units every two hours and is posted on the
main weather map in twenty minutes.
Our field organizations have obtained the cooperation
of Chinese guerrilla bands in rescuing American pilots,
nearly 20 of whom have been rescued from enemy-held territory.
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III. Fourth War Area.
This area, comprising Kwangsi Province and French
Indo-China, is covered by the Gordon - Bernard Group,
the best intelligence agency now operating in the Far East.
Er. Gordon has worked carefully with resistance elements
in Indo-China and reports a nucleus group of at least
1,000 ready to rise against the Japanese at a given signal.
He has furnished the 14th Air Force with numerous spot
targets in transportation, troop, shipping, airfields
and barrack areas. AGFRTS has trained a key agent in
demolition techniques and sent him to this group with a
considerable quantity of explosives to be distributed
for use against bridges and other targets.
IV. Seventh War Area.
Kukong is the war-time capital of the Kwangtung
Province. Objectives of attack from here are Hongkong,
Canton and Swatow. An average of two agents per -week
have been leaving for Hongkong and Canton. One of the
best is a former smuggler named Harry. He reports
Japanese military morale at a low ebb and business in
Canton in a depressed condition. He has furnished a
comprehensive account of Japanese Battle Order in the
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Canton area. Be left for Canton on 21 September taking
2 SSTR-1 sets which he will operate from inside the
city, sending spot target information about shipping in
lhampo. (There are six enemy direction finding units
in Canton. AGFRTS agents operate by remote control system
whereby the set is installed in the next roam or several
roams away.) Harry has agreed to furnish X-2 with a
Japanese agent. He also expects to penetrate Formosa
with at least one agent. Private Pak Hoy Ung, a Hawaiian
born Chinese, has returned to Shaping where he has ex-
cellent guerrilla contacts.
Captain Burch says that in connection with his agent
training program he has experienced some slight difficulty
from Tai Liis "plants" who have applied for jobs in
occupied territory. His usual technique in such cases
is to give the agent a communications code designed to
cause serious headaches to Tai Lits specialists. The
Communications intelligence school joIntly sponsored by
the Seventh and Ninth War Areas now has an enrollment of
52.
A team headed by an American civilian thoroughly
familiar with the people, language and customs of Kwang-
tung has .been selected to develop liaison with communist
guerrillas operating north of Hongkong, who in the past
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given the communists in this work as well as in sabotage
and other harassment to the Japanese.
Two American enlisted men stationed at different
points along the coast send in daily weather reports to
Kukong which relays it to the 14th Air Force.
AC-MS' prestige with the Chinese in this area has
increased because our personnel stayed on in Kukong
after British Intelligence agencies had withdrawn in
anticipation of Japanese advances. If headquarters is
forced to shift from Kukong Captain Lynn has personnel
and a 600 watt transmitter to guarantee maintenance of
radio communication from any point.
V. Ninth Ur Area.
Despite a heart-breaking retreat from the battered
Ninth War Area Captain Rosholt has faithfully continued
liaison work and provided hundreds of targets for air
force operations, enabling 14th Air Force planes to raid
the enemy constantly. He forwarded emergency requests
from Chinese Commanders to General Vincent, arranged
for dropping of food and ammunition in beleaguered
Hengyang and effected the transfer of money and equip-
ment by American transport planes.
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Our SI field staffs along the Yangtze have
struggled to maintain themselves, and radio contact
has been kept up by B-100 sets for a distance of 250
miles. The problem of equipping and supplying these
agents with funds constitutes a major difficulty. If
things become worse in the Ninth War Area AGFRTS men
will lead guerrilla operations. They will operate
against the Japanese railway line and harass the enemy
by sabotage of bridges, destruction of supply dumps, and
the use of garrisons, all of which should provide a
sharp thorn in the side of Japanese commanders. Lt.
Col. Wilfred. J. Smith in concluding his report quotes
the promise, "We may not work miracles, but we will work."
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Note by Reports Officer
The report iJrepareci by the Far Last Theater
Oiic coAtains the folloi?inL, outstanding points:
a. Reconnaissance g,roul, found three islands
of ivierk_ui p.rchipclago unsuitable for base
(. J. 79, 80).
b. TI,yo aispatchec, to Sumatra by submarine
(p, 30).
c. \:ar Department rulinc against transportation
of issei to theater a severe blow (p. 81).
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FAR EAST THEATER OFFICE
REPORT
SEPTEMBER, 1944
SEAC.
I. General
'Four operations were dispatched in September:
BALMORAL, CAPRICE, RIPLEY II, and "one other." Operation
CAPRICE, located at a point 1400 miles from this base,
has came on the air, and two-way communication has been
established.
An Air Operations Branch has been established to
coordinate operations using aircraft and to assist the
Strategic Air Force and the 3d Tactical Air Porde. Most
of our operations will probably be airborne. This branch
will place meteorologists for Army Air Forces in areas
of southeastern Asia from which weather information is
required.
II. q0 8 officers, 1 E.
First phase of project BALMORAL was successfully
launched on September 6 when Lts. Fine and Coutoupis
with a native radio operator were landed by Catalina on
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Chance Island in the southern part of the Mergui Archipel-
ago. This reconnaissance group radioed to submarine
bringing a reinforcement group and informed them that the
island was unsuitable for use as a base. The reconnaissance
group investigated two other islands with the same result.
The operation ARISTOC is now ready. Four Thais
and hi-. Halliday have completed training, supplies are assem7
bled, arrangements made for air transportation and the oper-
ation will be carried out in late October. SO still badly
needs administrative personnel and conducting officers.
III. MU 5 officers, 4 EM, I civilian.
RIPLEY II and CAPRICE:
On September 8 Captain Robert Coke and Mr. Ray
Kauffman and a party of 5 natives to be infiltrated into
Sumatra in two separate groups departed by submarine. There
is evidence that Japanese are aware that two of the agents
VII V) J. Ci landeai
IV. MO, 5 officers, 3 EU, 10 civilians.
Operation 3.-27 to establish a black radio station
at Camp "Y" has been approved by OW1 and 'F" Division.
Communications Branch is assembling equipment, receiving
set has been installed for temporary monitering purposes
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and scripts have been prepared.
War Department ruling against transport of Issei
to this theater constituted a severe blow to HO - SEAC -
plans.. If the ruling applies also to Nisei the situation
becomes desperate. An appeal is urged to the highest auth-
ority.
V. Field Photographic. 2 officers, 2 EM
All members of this branch are engaged in produc-
ing film dealing with escape and survival. Delivery at the
earliest possible momel4 has been requested by the Strat-
egic Air Force, 3d Tactical Air Force, 10th Air Force, 20th
Bomber Command, and 9th Photo Reconnaissance Unit.
VI. Visual Presentation.. 2 ElI, 1 civilian
Twenty charts in color of Japanese merchant shipping
have been prepared for Camp "Y". Mx. Paul Child, Chief
of the Branch, received an official letter of commendation
from Major General A. C. Wedemeyer, Deputy Chief of Staff
of the Supreme Allied Command. South East Asia. The commen-
dation Praised 1.1r. Child for his
of charts
theater."
preparation of a series
"graphically depicting important aspects of this
"He produced outstanding results and very greatly
contributed to the war effort."
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Rev. 6 March 1944
Nom
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OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERV/CES CONFIDENTIAL
TOTAL STRENGTH IMPORT FOR OSS PERSONNEL
MOT migied (exclusive of personnel temporarily attached to OSS) as of.
(35008)
alupt. 4&11 --
rate
UNITED STATES
OVERSEAS
OSS
GRAND
TOTAL
TYPE I
OF
PERSONNEL
ON DUTY
, TRAINING
TOTAL
ETO
NATO
METO
FETO
OTHER
TOTAL
IN
MDW
OUT
MDW
IN
MDW
OUT
MDW
ARMY'
OFFICER
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EN L ME N
TOTAL
1
1157
90 9
1 206
48
252
MO.
133
1130
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OFFICER
ENL, MEN
TOTAL
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118
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116 419
191 88
307 157
411-
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101
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TOTAL
TOTAL
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SERV ICE
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11579
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Aliboi 371
301 171
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PERSONNEL CHANGES AND APPOINTMENTS
FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 1944
Mr. John E. O'Gara appointed Acting Chief, SI Branch,
during temporary absence of Mr. Reginald C. Foster,
eff. 6 Sept.; Special Order No. 89, issued 6 Sept.
1944.
Maj. A. Wayne Merriam appointed Executive Officer of Per-
sonnel Procurement Branch, eff. 8 Sept. 1944; Branch_
Order No. 4 issued 12 Scpt. 1944.
Lt. Col. Paul Roberts appointed Acting Chairman of Person-
nel Board during absence of Dr. James McConeuehy, eff.
12 Sept. 1944; Special Order No. 90, Supp. 1, issued
12 Sept. 1944- -
Lt. Col. James W. Kirk, TC appointed Transportation Officer
vice Maj. Reeve Hoover, Cay., and Lt. Comdr. Andrew
G. Carey, USNR, relieved, eff. 12 Sept.; Sepcial Order
No. 42, Supp. 3 issued 19 Sept. 1944.
Mr. A. Wm. Asmuth, Jr. appointed Asst. General Counsel, re-
sponsible for, Finance Div., eff. 8 Sept. 1944; Office
Order No. 3 issued 8 Sept.
Capt. H. H. Hamilton, JAGD appointed Asst. Gen. Counsel re-
sponsible.for Patents and Contracts Div., eff. 8 Sept.
1944; Office Order No. 3 issued 8 Sept. 1944.
Mr. John R. Schoemer, Jr., appointed Asst. General Counsel
responsible for Advisory and Research Div., eff. 8
Sept. 1944; Office Order No. 3 issued 8 Sept. 1944.
Dr. Robert C. Tryon appointed Acting Chief of SS Planning
Staff in absence of Lt. Comdr. K. W. Hinks, eff. 15
Sept.; Planning Staff Order No. 3 issued 18 Sept. 1944.
Maj. George M. Johnson appointed Acting Executive Officer
and Acting Secly of OSS Plnnning Group (hiring absence
of Col. Onthankl.eff. 12 Sept. 1944; Office Order
No. I issued 12 Sept. 1944.
Maj. John J. Monigan appointed Alternate OSS Top Secret
Control Officer, vice Maj. Duncan C. Lee, relieved,
eff. 25 Sept.; Gen. Order No. 50, Supp. I issued 25
Sept. 1944.
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Mr. Winthrop M. Mayo designated Acting Deputy Director -
Administrative Services during temporary absence of
Louis M. Ream; Office Notice 21 Sept. 1944.
Mrs. Adelaid M. Hawkins, appointed Acting Chief, Message
Center during temporary absence of Maj. John W.
Delafield, eff. 25 Sept. 1944; Branch Order No. 40
issued 25 Sept. 1944.
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The following number of persons were moved to the
port of embarkation:
OTHER
Period ETO NATO [ETO FETO THEATERS TOTAL
Sept. 4 to 10 15 23 4
Sept.11 to 17 7 32 1
Sept.18 to 24 19 25 -
Sept.25 to Oct. 1 _..1.-2 _2 2
54 89 8
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119
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allilr
ER MONTHLY REPORT OF CARGO STATUS -
FOR SERVICES BRANCH
COMPLETED SEPTEMBER
THEATER
NO
WEIGHT
EUROPEAN
106
1,640,544
FAR EAST
259
432,886
MIDDLE EAST
39
106,327
NORTH AFRICA
108
1,018,566
MISCELLANEOUS
18
4.909
TOTALS
530
3,203,232
CANCELLEL
571 3,203,232
COMPLETED AUGUST
720,862
877,089
50,935
EUROPEAN
148
FAA EAST
179
MIDDLE EAST
49
NORTH AFRICA
119
MISCELLANEOUS 22
TOTALS 517
CANCELLED 24
541
CU VOL.
45,885.3
17,475.7
4 crIn n
114,972.6
% TOTAL FOR SEPTEMBER
NO WEIGHT
20.00
48.86
'1 '2
20.38
51.22
13.51
'2 20
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31.80
222.2 3.40 .15
185,126.0 100.00 100.00
185,126.0
33,925.49
38,154.8
2,370.9
CU VOL.
24.79
9.44
3.55
62.10
.12
100.00
% TOTAL VAR TO DATE
30.28
47.75
39785
31.42
23.67
25.03
9.94
3.47
2.78
1,200,798
59,098.0
22.82
24.08
31.10
27,61
1,757.4
5.54
1.03
1226.4
2,877,295
135,306.59
100.00
100.00
100.00
2,877,295
135,306.59
COMPLETED YEAR TO DATE
EUROPEAN
929
11,209,223
458,450.49
FAR EAST
964
5,554,757
287,949.5
MIDDLE EAST
305
815,095
32,019.3
NORTh AFRICA
700
5,652,850
357,752.7
MISCELLANEOUS 170
241,852
14,218.1
TOTALS 371-3
23,473,777
1,150,390.09
CANCELLED 218
3,286
23,473,777
1,150,390.09
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SEPT
EUROPEAN
73
FAR EAST
262
MIDDLE EAST
? 24
NORM AFRicil
47
MISCELLANEOUS _16.
TOTALS 422
SE
CURRENT SHIPMENTS
AUG
JUNE
MAY
APR
MAR
FEB
ti tiLY
90
112
105
82
99
32
67
267
199
146
189
66
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62
36
58
63
57
51 -
31
54
108
106
92
98
82
54
38
19
18
18
J4
20
18
30
520
491
424
421
421
201
252
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PROM
SUBJECT
The Director
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nerviae g for +./1/1 Month0.4'
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1. The monthly report for September 1944 covers the progress
of OSS Branch operations in Washington as well as special prob-
lems arising in the field and awaiting solution by the Washington
branches.
2. The report is set up to conform with JCS 155/11/D in
that the Intelligence Service, Strategic Services Operations
and Other Branches are divided by colored tabs while each branch
under these categories is tabbed in white.
a) Secret Intelligence
A. report from North Africa indicates that tighter
security regulations are required in recruiting and
processing personnel. It is essential that fewer
persons know the identity of the agents. The report
tram. the Belgian Congo points out that the only OSS
agent in that area has had but two months' experience
in the field, and that State Department representa-
tives dominate OW personnel. Thus it in clear the
establishment of a modus vivendi by OSS and the State
Department is necessary for the support and protec-
tion of OS operators. This requirement has been
reported before. The OSS representative to Angola
is still awaiting a visa in Leopoldville.
The Far East Section recommends investigation of
the possibility of obtaining further information in
Latin America as well as the Near East and Europe.
b) Foreign Nationalities
During September representatives of FN Branch
attended 25 group meetings of foreign political
groups in the United States. The Branch received
114 situation reports on foreign political activi-
ties in the U.S., in addition to 106 reports from
its field representatives. During the month 778
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Press readings were filed by the Prineeten ?Mee.
Spestal attention was pelt in the ferelen language
pros* to tho falowlag fir-W10.1-tgit Balmara iW
Terms) Xvideneei of German Bothells interest in
the Government of Poit-wsr Germeny) Treatment Of
German Prisoners in Anatolia Camps; WelloadsAmerteon
Opinion on German Boundaries) Present Attitude ef
FromOON4Morioan Papers tirade Marabel retain end
the Vieby Cabinet) Agreements for the *Kahane* of
Minority Populations in Emit Central Nurepol The
worsow.
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With more personnel leaving for the field end
an mute shortage of offiee epee., the setivities
of the braneh in Washington have boon seriously
hampered.
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oortaillorable tine hem boon spent in aroeent ifembing-
tol sonfilmonons in detailed planning for mu settvi-
ties in *so with speelal emphasis an the prejesto4
work with the ABC in Oormmay. Althenh the lisrepe...
Atria& Divis4en anticipate. considerable eurtailment
of eetivitiea at the end or the we:, it is felt that
elarifteation el future work nheuld be undertaken
inmedisteXy.
Leek of effeetive lieteen with the Southwest
Pats to Caroni has resulted in emir **situate& with-
in the Divisial bowies of difficulty in obtaining
the initial sour.o metorial and in *owe eases leek
of outlets for surrent produetien.
It is reported that reoently state Department
oables available to OSS have shown notissable gape
thus hampering the work of the Par Nast Division
to the Current intelligens* Staff and Planning
Staff. Although the work of the Central Ivfornation,
USSR sod Latin Ameriean Divisions has boon expending,
it has boon Impossible to roeseett auffisiont addition-
al personnel to cover these fields adequately.
a) sal
?tom the recent Canadian sonforenee in the problems
of Censorship, CD obtained a *tearer picture of
activities of the various eansorships and *Odom
plans for their future activities. On a trip to
the Pacific Coast, the Misr of the Division arranged
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and tuda ontri.A4k,fte-Adinkftwido.c*. *bid&
vision of n000litaryfmatoriel for Ott Oh the dotat.
Asimowod mode -te incresso the effeetive
diseomination,of **Aortal from BolliMpro end ft/oda
stational. it Is how estiMatod that the roIeiatien
of Retied& Station will heeemploto4 by the middlO
Of OetobOri Wavy perseinnol have boon withdraft
:rem this Station thus making available to Ott
eight more '0401.Uome.
f) tstsisl kosolOote
An AAF offieerassigned to Ott is now observing
the toot* on the_Moilin projoct. Attar the toe to
arle:cempletod tWpartielpotion required Of OSS till
be detoraimod by the AAP. A special ropost on the
Simmons projoot has already boon proposed for the
Dtrootor..
1) Imito401 poorotions
Vothing outstanding to report.
h) Wieralo StRoretiona
On 14 Soptember )10/Washington rosoived a *able
eaneelling all personnel requirements for 1TO but
loavAng indefinito the question of whether or not
this appliod to rim operalions. A sable to MO on
this question *rum net answorod. When a roprosenta.
tivo from PWIVITO arrived in. IrashlagtAmi? he inamaild
that porsonnel would be requirod for FWD/MA Th.
*sus* of this eonfueion has not boon clewed upi
but roeruitiag has bosun.
NO and other OSS roprosontatives.aro to assist in
briofing 0.4 intorrogators in PW camps in the U.S.
The purpose of this briefing is to impross 0a2 sew
with the importanoo of learning not only *Actual
military foots but, also whet the prisoners bolieve
to b. the fasts.- It is now b?lioved that KO and OWX
will eollsborat? closely in the Far East to provido
surronder losflots and other propaganda itoms. an,
however, elaims the function of preparing loaflets
net dirootly tramiablo to American sources for dis-
tribution by aircraft.
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PersOnnel and equipment for NO/101 are new on
the way. One Of the prinelpal diffieultiee of
NO at the prevent 'time Is a regulation whish for.
bids the entry-ot Japans*e personnel into tbe Par
last Theaters. It it believed that this will be
alleviated to some degree if Nisei wish to enlist
in the Army.
i) Witte* ghtt
Speoiallaritime Group to, I b* returned to
Washington fres Cuba after oinwinaVIng a series of
tests in which these swimmers attaeked barber 410
tenses at Guantanamo $ay. The results of these
tests are incorporated in a technical report by Li.
Booth.
Speeial-Nerittme Group No. 3 is scheduled to
eamplite training by mid-October aRd will depart
for SNAC-at.theNend of the month.
AhD has furnished =lath a new underwater carry-
_ins-device which-ismew being tested at Nassau.
1) Oporattomal Swevins
Netbing speolal to report.
k) Yield PhotoAranhie
Ten motion piotures were eempleted during the
month, seven for OSII, one for the Wavy, one for OWI
and ono for the Marine Corps. Three saptured Germw.
news reels were edited. A total ot 18 **mere Grows
and 66 sound crews were used during the month.
With the 000peration of RigA a-photographic program
for coverage of military objectives in occupied
Europe was begun. Some SO still photographers will
be sent to NTO to carry on this program. Possibly
in addition one or more portable laboratory trucks
will be sent for this purpose.
1) Presentation Branch
Forty-nine projects were completed during September.
Among the most important were the following:
(1) 1412 report
Report on German Tale116931.,
port on Garman military an c v1 lien
morale.
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repo 'on' eve woolen o 'g ed misai1es.
(S) rt ? SC Preparation of
oemp ? e so we prosen a On on the Orval:1wi
tion, mission, functions, plans, and require,-
mute of ATC Per showing by General oPergo
to Air start and others.
(4) IStaftingAito (940). Construction if two
1E4ihrialriatsw;IPer use at Quebec Conferenee.
a)
In STO, Schools and Training in cooperation with
SI and H&A is Attempting to set up a coUrso in
eeenemic and political reporting.
?Areas 4-1Hand,A0?5'have been closed and men trans-
-ferried to Area P. AretA=4 is operating on a part-
tine basis and it,may7b. closed or the aetivities
of As4 may be transferred lberc. This will dip4nd
in the eventual umie made of Area RTU4.1. Area TIP
was &based at the, end of tbe month, During Septem-
ber the -tetel number of monotrained at all areas
including assesament schools was 1109.
n) Oeld Apertme011 Unit
Col. lifleris TCA to visit Hawaii is the most
urgent and difficult problem awaiting solution by
this unit:
o) Services,
A catalog of requirements is being prepared by
the Procurement and supply Branch for material which
will be necessary to implement the resistance program
in the Par Bast. Some material originally intended
for SW and XRDTO has been cancelled and will be
diverted to the ?sr BAst.
Security
During September 719 complete security investiga-
tions *ere written up, * drop of 550 from the previous
month. 594 wiw ones were initiated during September.
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The total tonnage of equipment shipped eVerigeas
dropped during NePtember. Unfortuhately shipPing
oongestion held up some NO tons of cargo at the
POE. The total of personnel for this trahoh repw
moined at about the same level as the proviouto
month except in the Far East whore there was an
increase of approximately 13 persent.
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A reeemaandation has been submitted to the Direoter
suggesting un overall plan of revision, for aotivities
in the New York area. A request has also been seat
to WO/Washington to review the neeessity for the 40w.
tinuation of all perisennol now engaged in the Mari-
geld projeots Tbo Labor Division of SI in Now York
has beim closed.
ion FranoismAroa
The Foreign Nationalities Branch in $an Framoiaeo
has secured a fullo-timo representative who will be ,
able to expand considerably the work of this bransh.
It was suggested during August that a represents.-
tive of PPB be assigned permanently to the Wont Coast
in order to prevent duplication of effort in that
area. No action has been taken to date on thie
reguest. A now procedure hag been instituted vheroby
a list of all persons known to 'have language or area
experience in Japan, Formosa sad coastal China will
be forwarded to Washington. Some 440 names have
already been forwarded.
When approval is received from Washington ? ware-
house which, may also be used as a staging area, B044,
barracks and moss hall, will be occupied and the
n000ssary repair work undertaken.
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COMMENDATIONS & CITATIONS
I. Commendations Apparing in the September Monthl
Activities Report.
A. ETO
1. From C. E. R. Hirsch, Brigadier BGS(I), Hq. AAI,
attesting to the continuing value of SCI work. (p. 2.)
B. MEDTO
1, From Col. C. C. Sloan, Jr., Asst. Chief of Staff,
G-2, AFHQ, that the intelligence of OSS teams "was extremely
accurate and contributed in no small way to the success of
the operation." (The 7th Army Invasion of France). (p. 26)
2. G-2 of AFHQ said the reports of the movement of
the 90th PG Division and information leading to the identi-
fication of the 34th Infantry Division and coastal defenses
along tne Ligurian coast were most valuable. (p. 30.)
C. FETO
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1. From Maj. Gen. A. C. Wedemeyer, Deputy Chief
of Staff of the Supreme Allied Command: South East Asia,
to Mr. Paul Child, Chief of Vi6ual Presentation Branch, for
a series of charts "graphically depicting important aspects
of this theater. He produced outstanding results and very
greatly contributed to the war effort." (p. 81.)
II. Commendations Received Directly by the Secretariat.
A. MEDTO
1. From N. F. Twining, Maj. Gen., USA Commanding
15th Air Force, memorandum dated 2 Cept. to Lt. Col,?, hi
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your resourcefulness and continuous endeavor you have cared
for more than 1,000 airmen from this Air Force. In addition,
you have assisted many of our planes to return to their home
bases."
B. FETO
CBI
1. From Col. Dickey, G-2 of Forward Echelon, CBI,
a very strong letter of commendation for the excellent
assistance the OSS intelligence branches had rendered the
theater in China.
2. From General Chennault, a very enthusiastic
lettei. of commendation to Lt. Col. Wilfred J. Smith for the
great help which AGFRTS intelligence has been to the 14th
Air Force.
III. Citations Appearing in the September Monthly Activities
Report.
A. MEDTO
1. Capt. James G. L. Kellis - Legion of Merit, 15
September, and Bronze Star to five others: Lt. (jg) Everett
J. Athens, USUR; Gunnery Sgt. Thomas L. Curtis, USNR; Spec, (x)
Second Class Spyridon G. Kapponnis, USNR; Spec. (x) Third
Class Michael T. Angelos, USNR; Spec. (x) Third Class George
N. Psoinos, USNR, members of "Chicago Mission" who destroyed
two bridges in Evros distriCt of Greece in May.. (p. 41.)
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2. T/5 James Lnuhs, mPrileal technician - nwnraiwi
Silver Star, 21 August, for gallantry in the battle on the
Island of Solta, 19 March. (1)- 45-)
3. Lt. John Giannaris - Purple Heart as result of 200
shrapnel wounds received while going to the aid of injured
enlisted men during an attack on a railroad line 9 Septepber. ,
(P? 45)
B. FETO
Det. 101
1. Col. Peers - Legion of Merit for having flown more
than 117 hours on 28 operational missions behind Japanese
lines in Burma. (b- 64-)
2. Capt. Curl, Lt. Comdr. Luce and Sgt. Andrew W.
Shaffer - Legion of Merit for meritorious achievement. (P- 64-)
3. Bronze Star medal to Maj. Houston, Maj. Wilkinson,
Lt. Comdr. Pier, Capt. Lutiziu, Lt. Richter, W/0 Rhea, M/Sgt.
Eng and T/S Haimson. (p. 64.)
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ADDENDUM
Notes on Jedburgh Teams in Airborne Invasion
of Holland (Operation Market)
Available information indicates that of the four
Jedburgh lams landing in Holland with the First Allied
Airborne Army, one was lost with the First British Air-
borne Division at Arnhem, and three have now returned to
base. An additional Jedburgh team is believed to be still
active in Holland.
The following notes have been prepared by the SO
Branch in Washington, on the basis of the report of Jed-
burgh team Edward:
a. Operation Market left the United Kingdom on 17
September and landed near Groesbeek, Holland, or the same
day. The operation was composed of Jedburgh teams Edward,
Clarence, Claude and Daniell comprising a total of 18 per-
sons, of whicil idhree officers and three enlisted men were
Americans.
b. The purpose of this mission was to establish con-
tact with the Dutch underground and through liaison with
them to further the airborne operation.
c. On the day following the landing, the mission ob-
tained valuable intelligence on the military situation sur-
rounding Nijmegen through telephone communications which
had been established.
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d. Through contact with the Chief Engineer of Water-
works and Ferries in Nijmegen, very detailed information
on bridges and on the possibilities of iiver crossings in
the area was obtained.
e. For construction of an air strip near Malden, 250
workmen were supplied by the underground.
f. By this time the quantity of high level military
information that was being supplied by the underground tele-
phone information center was so great that a military infor-
mation center was established there with officers from the
21st Army Group, 2nd. Army and 30th. Corps on duty.
g. At the request of the 30th Corps, arrangements were
made to establish an armed resistance force of 300 men for
mopping up operations.
h. About a wetic after the landing of the mission,
friction arose between certain of the Dutch Resistance
Groups, but this was ironed out without any damaging results.
i. On 28 September, the Mission Headquarters left
Nijmegen, and after reporting to No. 1 SF Detachment at 2nd
Army Headquarters, proceeded to Brussels where evacuation
to the United Kingdom was effected the next day.
j. The Mission acted in support of the Allied Air-
borne units and maintained constant communication with them
throughout.
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