3 September 1943

3 September 1943 Intelligence Section activity report for August

The continued use of foreign entertainment groups for Organisation Todt on the Channel Islands was no longer acceptable from the counterintelligence standpoint. At corps request, Commander-in-Chief West caused the OKW troops’ welfare branch in Paris to stop their employment on the islands. VGAD-I was also instructed immediately to prevent their entry.

Training: Navy ship-recognition course at Cherbourg, 4–15 August, attended by NCOs and men of 716th Division. Army Group D intelligence course at Paris, 16–28 August, attended by Captain Spohr, intelligence officer, 319th Division, and Oberleutnant Graf zu Dohna, third assistant staff officer, corps headquarters. Civilian attitudes and sabotage: see monthly report, enclosure 3. Cultural welfare: see enclosure 4.

T-314 Roll 1604, T314_R1604_English_Translation.docx. 3 September 1943 | Source PDF pages 870–871. Selected island-related text; document or report date governs placement.