20 June 1940 Part 4

20 June 1940 Naval Staff: urgent occupation and reconnaissance / Request for intelligence material

Radio message. Secret command matter. Received 1609 on 20 June 1940. Time group 1533/63.

To Naval Commander Northern France, from Naval Staff.

Occupation of the British Channel Islands and Ouessant is urgent and important. Carry out reconnaissance there and examine how the operation can be executed. Further details will follow in writing.

Receipt stamp: 20 June 1940, secret command matter 145. [Routing initials.]

Radio message from Naval Commander Northern France. Secret [secret command matter stamp deleted]. 20 June 1940. Time group 2025/25.

To Naval High Command, Naval Staff.

With reference to radio message 1533/63 of 20 June: please send the available intelligence material on the British Channel Islands and Ouessant here by courier aircraft.

Naval Commander Northern France. Transmission annotation FT 2025/25; receipt notation 0135, 21 June 1940. [Routing initials.]

T-1022 Roll 2439, T1022_R2439_English_Translation.docx. Archive and frame references follow.
PG 38019 | Frame 00766, upper message, original sheet 21; Frame 00766, lower message