30 June 1940 Part 2

30 June 1940 Naval Staff relays Reuters announcement of demilitarisation

Copy. Radio message from Naval Staff. Serial No. 182 E. Control No. 555 [another figure corrected]. Time groups 1443/61 and 2342/99. Received 0445 on 30 June 1940; additional time annotation 1450.

On 29 June Reuters announced: in view of the German occupation of the parts of France lying near the Channel Islands, it has been decided to demilitarise the islands. Equipment and armed forces have already been withdrawn.

[Handwritten: for the files.]

T-1022 Roll 2439, T1022_R2439_English_Translation.docx. Archive and frame references follow.
PG 38019 | Frame 00778, original sheet 32