28 November 1942 Part 2

28 November 1942 Naval Group West forwarding and communications decision

Naval Group Command West, Operations Staff. Headquarters, 28 November 1942. Secret command matter. Reference Gkdos 5118/42 KTB. To Naval High Command, Naval Staff, copy 1; information copies without enclosures to Commander, Security Forces West, 3rd Security Division and St Malo Convoy Control Office, copies 2–4.

The War Diary of St Malo Convoy Control Office for 16–31 August 1942, with the comments of 3rd Security Division and Commander, Security Forces West, is submitted after examination.

Concerning item 4 of Security Forces West's comments: Group West has clarified the questions of aircraft support ships' employment and communications with the Sea Emergency Service Commander West. There is continuing cooperation between Group West and the Sea Emergency Service commander, and between the security division and the Sea Emergency Service area command. Communications are handled by the Sea Emergency Service centres. Secret messages are enciphered using the Luftwaffe machine cipher. Aircraft support ships are not to switch to naval wavelengths.

For Naval Group Command West, Chief of Staff [signature not securely identified]. Subsequent handwritten routing marks and initials are partly illegible and do not constitute additional operational entries.

T-1022 Roll 2423, scan 0473, single-page letter.