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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVErnment
Printed for the War Cabinet. January 1941.
SECRET
C.O.S. (41) 24.
(Also W.P. (41) 8.)
January 15, 1941.
TO BE KEPT UNDER LOCK AND KEY.
It is requested that special care may be taken to ensure the secrecy of this document.
WAR CABINET.
Chiefs of Staff Committee.
Copy No. 29
ORGANISATION OF ALLIED NAVAL, ARMY AND AIR CONTINGENTS.
Thirteenth Report.
IN accordance with the Prime Minister's instructions, we submit the following report for the month of December 1940 on the organisation of Allied Naval, Army and Air Contingents.
Great George Street, S. W. 1,
January 15, 1941.
(Signed)
DUDLEY POUND.
J. G. DILL.
C. PORTAL.
Free French Naval Forces.
A. FRENCH.
(i) Navy.
DURING the month the Moqueuse and the Vaillant have been reduced to care and maintenance parties.
The submarine Närval was lost by enemy action in the Mediterranean.
2. A steady, though small, stream of transfers continues from the R.N. to the F.N.F.L., and in a lesser degree to the Free French Mercantile Marine.
Two courses of instruction have been arranged for ratings in Torpedo Duties, and the first is now commencing in H.M.S. Vernon. A few Free French officers will shortly undergo a Submarine Course in H.M.S. Dolphin.
3. A certain number of young Frenchmen, who are at present training to become Naval Officers, will be admitted to R.N. College, Dartmouth, for two
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