18 January 1943 Part 2

18 January 1943 Naval Group West clarification concerning the October convoy warning

Commander-in-Chief, Naval Group Command West, to Naval High Command, Naval War Staff: submitted after examination.

A4 fu comment on BSW G 14928 of 2 December 1942: OZ Cherbourg was not yet operational at that time, and evaluation of OZ Cherbourg’s reports was carried out by OZ Wimille.

For the Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Staff of Naval Group Command West [signature]. [The cited 2 December date differs from the 27 December forwarding sheet at scan 0592; both are retained.]

T-1022 Roll 2423, scan 0591. Day handwritten over the typed date, read as 18. Reference Operations Staff G 7309/42 A2. Secret.