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30 September 1941 Part 4

Summary

Request for updated island defence reports and maps.

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Diary Entry

30 September 1941 Request for updated island defence reports and maps

[Scan 1155.jpg] Draft telegram. Top secret command matter. By secret teleprinter. To Commander-in-Chief West. Reference: Armed Forces High Command/Operations Staff/Branch L I op no. 002222/41, top secret.

Please submit as soon as possible the report under paragraphs 1 and 2 of the referenced letter and the maps in duplicate under paragraph 3 (corrected annexes to Commander-in-Chief West, Ia no. 271/41, top secret, of 23 July 1941). Whether large-scale maps are available here will be communicated later. The production of aerial photographic plans is to be examined. Army High Command, Army General Staff, Operations Branch IIa no. 37976/41, top secret, 30 September 1941. [Handwritten routing initials and transmission notes.]

Source of Information 

German Army High Command records, T-78 Roll 317. Supplied English translation T78_Roll_317_English_Translation.docx. Source images: 1155.jpg.

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