5 July 1940 Part 2

5 July 1940 Army High Command responsible for Channel Islands defence

Radio message from First Department, Naval Staff. Secret. Received 0050 on 5 July 1940. Time groups 1955/50 and 2020/51.

To Naval Commander Northern France.

By radio message 0244/40 secret of 3 July, Armed Forces High Command has assigned defence of the Channel Islands to Army High Command. The garrison must also be sufficient to repel raids. Naval High Command will establish secure communications and make coastal guns being brought up available. Commander-in-Chief, Luftwaffe, will issue the necessary orders through Naval High Command/A for fitting out as an air base and for air defence. Local measures to ensure necessary food supplies in the event of a prolonged siege are to be taken.

[Handwritten: copy to [naval command designation partly illegible]; no carbon copies delivered.] Receipt: 5 July 1940. [Routing initials.]

Editorial note: The final supply sentence is handwritten densely, but its substantive meaning is recoverable.

T-1022 Roll 2439, T1022_R2439_English_Translation.docx. Archive and frame references follow.
PG 38019 | Frame 00788, original sheet 42