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SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE, 1940-1946

Series 1, Special Operations in Western Europe

Part 1: France: The Jedburgh Teams and Operation Overlord, 1944-1945,

Part 2: France: Political and Planning Files, Circuits and Missions, 1940-1947

Part 3: Germany, 1936-1945

Part 4: Holland, 1940-1949

Part 5: Italy, 1941-1948

Contents of Reels - Part 1

REEL 1

The Jedburgh Teams (HS 6/471-564)

HS 6/471
Alan Team (1944-1945)
Purpose: Contact and liaise with mission Camelle, harass enemy in Lyons/Nevers and Lyon/Dijon area.

HS 6/472
Alastair Team (1944)
Purpose: Contact Colonel Maximum, work with the Maquis north-east of St Die and possibly in Alsace. Organise delivery of stores.

HS 6/473
Alec Team (1944)
Purpose: Accompany SAS party to Loire and Cher; contact resistance and Ventriloquist group.

HS 6/474
Alexander Team (1944)
Purpose: Accompany half a troop of SAS, under command of Bergamot mission, to assist resistance and harass enemy movements on roads and railways in the Perigeux/Limoges/Chateauroux and the Toulouse/Limoges/Chateauroux area.

HS 6/475
Alfred Team (1944)
Purpose: Contact Pasteur I, assist the organisation of FFI, provide additional deliveries to FFI and link London with the FFI groups in the region.

HS 6/476
Ammonia Team (1944)
Purpose: Destroy communications between Brive/Montauban and Montauban/Bordeaux. Organise and train guerrilla troops of 20.

HS 6/477
Andrew Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist organisation of FFI, deliver extra stores, contact Citronelle, and provide an additional link with London.

HS 6/478
Andy Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist Ellipse in the organisation of the Haute Vienne, and maintain groups for the disruption of railways converging on Limoges.

HS 6/479
Anthony Team (1944)
Purpose: Accompany half troop of 3rd French Parachute Battalion, contact Ditcher and liaise with SAS/Resistance groups, and harass enemy roads and rail in the Lyons/Never/Dijon region.

HS 6/480
Archibald Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist in the organisation of stores to the FFI, link London and FFI, contacting Planette.

HS 6/481
Arnold Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist and organise stores as above, contacting Pedlar or Diplomat.

HS 6/482
Arthur Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist and organise stores as above, contacting Ovale.

HS 6/483
Aubry Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist in the organisation of the FFI in the Seine and Marne area; assist in the delivery of stores, link with London, contact Tolerant or Spiritualist.


HS 6/484
Augustus Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist in the organisation of stores, contact Cardioide, Aisne area.

HS 6/485
Basil Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist in the organisation of stores and contact Ligne; Zone Nord.

HS 6/486
Benjamin Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist in the organisation of stores, link London and FFI, contact Planette.

HS 6/487
Bernard Team (1944)
Purpose: As above; contact Planette for work in Meuse area.

HS 6/488
Brian Team (1944)
Purpose: As above; contact Pascale for work in the Doubs area.

HS 6/489
Bruce Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist in the organisation of stores and aid communications of FFI with London, contact Donkeyman, Yonne area.

HS 6/490
Bugatti Team (1944)
Purpose: Mission from Massingham base; assist developments in the Pyrenees area (Wheelwright), harass enemy lines of communication and organise reception for daylight troop landings.

HS 6/491
Bunny Team (1944)
Purpose: Organise stores, aid communications, contact Ovale group, Haute Marne area.

HS 6/492
Cecil Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist Abelard in the FFI organisation, provide additional means of communication with London, contacting Pedlar or Diplomat, Anbe region.

HS 6/493
Cedric Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist FFI, contact Treasurer, Haute-Saône.


HS 6/494
Chloroform Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, to re-establish resistance in Drome and Hautes-Alpes region after the recent attack on the Vercors area resistance.

HS 6/495
Chrysler Team (1944)
Purpose: To encourage guerrilla warfare and operations against German lines of communication in Ariège and Aude, disrupt railways in the Boussene/Perpignan and Castelnandry/Narbonne area as well as cable and electricity supplies.

HS 6/496
Cinnamon Team (1944)
Purpose: Stimulate and sustain guerrilla warfare in the Var area with Perpendiculaire circuit.

HS 6/497
Citroen Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, to join Quinine team in support of the Arête mission, Avreyon region.

HS 6/498
Collodion Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, to join Quinine team in support of the Arête mission, Avreyon region.

HS 6/499
Teams Daniel 1 and 2 (1944)
Purpose: Liaison link to mission Aloes and commander of the department, Côtes-du-Nord.

HS 6/500
Desmond Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist FFI in harassing and destroying enemy troops passing east and west through Dijon, in conjunction with Christopher.

HS 6/501
Dodge Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham team, to harass German communications on the left bank of the Rhone and roads and railway transport, Lyon/Vienne area.

HS 6/502
Douglas I Team (1944)
Purpose: Liaise with mission Aloes and communicate with the department leader, Morbihan.


HS 6/503
Douglas II Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist local FFI, contacting Ligne groups Serpolet and mission Dugeat, Aisnes, Doubes and Jura region.

HS 6/504
Eclaireur Team (1944)
Purpose: Formation of a circuit of 20-40 parachute groups and reception committees; region unclear.

HS 6/505
Ephedrine Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, to stimulate and sustain guerrilla action in the Jockey circuit area, Savoie.

HS 6/506
Felix Team (1944)
Purpose: Organise resistance in the Côtes-du-Nord, including arrangements for landing stores and contact with SAS units.

HS 6/507
Francis 1 Team (1944)
Purpose: Aid resistance in Finistère region.

HS 6/508
Frank Team - cancelled (1944)
Purpose: Harass enemy troops in the La Rochelle area, contact Shinoile mission; team cancelled. See George mission.

HS 6/509
Frederick Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist in the establishment of an SAS base, with authority to withdraw and make use of local resistance forces, Brittany (south-west Guingamp, Côtes-du-Nord).

HS 6/510
Gavin Team (1944)
Purpose: Organise resistance groups with Guy team in Ille-et-Vilaine, north of Rennes.

HS 6/511
George Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist SAS in establishing a base for SAS parties to withdraw to with supplies, using local resistance to locate the base west of Redan, Brittany.


HS 6/512
George II Team (1944)
Purpose: Second mission; possibly Borgeaux region.

REEL 2

HS 6/513
Gerald Team (1944)
Purpose: Organise resistance in Morbihan area, Brittany.

HS 6/514
Gilbert Team (1944)
Purpose: Organise resistance in Finistère.

HS 6/515
Giles Team (1944)
Purpose: Organise resistance in Finistère.

HS 6/516
Godfrey Team (1944)
Purpose: Support the organisation of FFI, recruiting volunteers to take information to the Allied lines, protection of electrical supply centres in Rheims, Lac Noir; protection of other centres, substations transformers and junctions at Ille Napoleon, Haut-Rhin.

HS 6/517
Graham Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, to sustain and stimulate guerrilla warfare, Basses-Alpes area

HS 6/518
Gregory Team (1944) (see also HS 6/371 in SOE Series 1, Part 2)
Purpose: Coordinate activity with FFI with action of the 2nd Battalion SAS in Vosges area.

HS 6/519
Guy Team (1944)
Purpose: Organise resistance, Ille-et-Vilaine area, Brittany.

HS 6/520
Hamish Team (1944)
Purpose: Assistance to Hugh team, Châteauroux region.

HS 6/521
Harold Team (1944)
Purpose: Organise resistance in the Vendée area, provide a communications link with the SAS and Britain, cut off railway lines, Nantes-Poitiers.


HS 6/522
Harry Team (1944)
Purpose: Accompany reconnaissance party of two SAS officers to establish a base to receive SAS troops for raiding activities, Morvan area, north-west of Autun.

HS 6/523
Henry Team (1944)
Purpose: Contact Pascal and organise assistance to the organisation of FFI, report on current state of resistance movement, zone Nord.

HS 6/524
Hilary Team (1944)
Purpose: Organise resistance in Finistère.

HS 6/525
Horace Team (1944)
Purpose: Organise resistance in Finistère.

HS 6/526
Hugh Team (1944)
Purpose: Accompany an SAS reconnaissance party, to establish a base for raid, Châtelleraut-Châteauroux region. Immediate action against rail communications, Limoges-Châteauroux and Bordeaux-Tours.

HS 6/527
Ian Team (1944-1945)
Purpose: Assist Shipwright circuits, working through the resistance chief in Vienne. Organise attacks against rail lines Bordeaux-Poitiers; Tours-Bordeaux; Niort-Saumur and train resistance groups in Charente.

HS 6/528
Ivor Team (1944)
Purpose: Coordinate with Hamish team, St Amand, Cher.

HS 6/529
Jacob Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist SAS in the organisation, training and arming of Maquis, Vosges.

HS 6/530
James Team (1944)
Purpose: Contact mission Tilleul, assist SAS reconnaissance, Corréze.

HS 6/531
Jeremy Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, work with Heckler mission in Haute-Loire, assist in the organisation of the FFI, reporting on groups in the Haute-Loire.


HS 6/532
Jim Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist with FFI, especially by provision of communications between field groups and London, contacting Ligne, Zone Nord, Ain, Jura, Doubs.

HS 6/533
Jock Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, to assist organisation of the resistance in the Lackey area; mission cancelled.

HS 6/534
John Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, Work with the Pimento circuit in Tarn, Garonne, to assist and report on the FFI group in the same.

HS 6/535
Jude 1 and 2 Team (1944)
Purpose: Accompany French paratroopers, provide liaison between SAS, London and resistance forces, harass enemy movements by road and railway in the Lyons/St Etienne/Loire/Rhône area.

HS 6/536
Julian Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist Hugh in the organisation of the Maquis in the Indre-et-Loire.

HS 6/537
Julian 2 Team (1944-1945)
Purpose: Cooperate with Oscar, organising resistance group, military intelligence, transmitting information to Brian team, to facilitate crossing of the frontier by the FFI in Switzerland and the arming of FFI, Haut-Rhin.

HS 6/538
Lee Team (1944)
Purpose: Accompany French paratroopers, under Hamlet/Salesman, to reinforce the Maquis groups, and provide communications with London and Haut-Vienne.

HS 6/539
Mark Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, to work with Wheelwright in Tarn-et-Garonne, assisting FFI group and reporting on its potential.

HS 6/540
Martin Team (1944-1945)
Purpose: Massingham mission, to work with Wheelwright in Gers, assist in the organisation of the FFI, and report on potential of the group, Zone ouest.


HS 6/541
Masque Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, to assist in Isère.

HS 6/542
Maurice Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist FFI, organisation of stores, and contact Ligne, Jura region.

HS 6/543
Miles Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, to work with Wheelwright, assist in the organisation of FFI, and report on groups, Gers region.

HS 6/544
Minaret Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, to arrange for the ‘surrender and mass seduction’ of Armenian troops, Barre des Cervennes, Gard.

HS 6/545
Monocle Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, to contact Major Legrande, chief of the FFI, Drome.

HS 6/546
Nicholas Team (1944)
Purpose: Contact with the 1st Regiment France, located at Bussières, arranging liaison, supply of arms etc.

HS 6/547
Norman Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist organisation of FFI, assist the delivery of stores, providing additional links with London, Jura.

HS 6/548
Novocaine Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, to stimulate guerrilla activity in the Hautes-Alpes region, contacting Jockey circuits.

HS 6/549
Packard Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission.

HS 6/550
Paul Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist organisation of FFI, contacting Ovale, provision of communication link, Côte d’Or.


HS 6/551
Philip Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist organisation of FFI, report on the state of the resistance, produce plans for re-supply, recruit volunteers to take information to the Allied lines, Meurthe-et-Moselle.

REEL 3

HS 6/552
Quentin Team (1944-1945)
Purpose: Assist in harassing and destroying enemy troops in the La Rochelle area, contacting Tony mission.

HS 6/553
Quinine Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, assisting resistance on lines of communication Montauban/Brive, Cahors area.

HS 6/554
Raymond Team (1944)
Purpose: First mission cancelled; second arranged to assist in the harassing and destroying of enemy troops in the area of La Rochelle.

HS 6/555
Roderick Team (1944)
Purpose: Organise FFI, report on current status, Doubs.

HS 6/556
Ronald Team (1944)
Purpose: Contact mission Aloes and commander of department concerned, Finistère.

HS 6/557
Sceptre Team (1944)
Purpose: Cooperate with the Maquis in the Alpes Maritimes, organising resistance on the French border.

HS 6/558
Scion Team (1944)
Purpose: Contact Commandant Noir in Isère, rally the elements of the Free French in Vercors, and stimulate further resistance in the area.

HS 6/559
Simon Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist in harassing and destroying enemy troops in La Rochelle, contacting Tony mission.


HS 6/560
Stanley Team (1944)
Purpose: Organise the FFI, assess the state of the resistance forces, and arrange for volunteers to take information to the Allied lines.

HS 6/561
Timothy Team (1944)
Purpose: Attached to Sainfoin mission (Orgeat), providing communications and an information service for the advancing 3rd Army, Jura Doubs.

HS 6/562
Tony Team (1944)
Purpose: Assist Dickens team and SAS base, arming of Maquis, report on the organisation, arms strength of resistance in the Vendée area.

HS 6/563
Veganine & Dodge Team (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, to harass German communications on the left bank of the Rhone and the railway line Lyon-Marseilles, road and rail links on the line Lyon-Grenoble and Grenoble-Valence, Valence-Viennes areas. The file for this mission also includes reports on the Vercors resistance.

HS 6/564
Willys Team: (1944)
Purpose: Massingham mission, to follow up Pectoral mission to the Ardèches.

HS 6/565
Addresses of members of Jedburgh teams (undated).

REEL 4

Circuit and mission reports and interrogations (HS 6/566-587)

HS 6/566 Allington to Ayer (1944)
HS 6/567 Baissac to Burney (1944-1945)
HS 6/568 Cammaerts to Cruzel (1944-1945) including Carte organisation
HS 6/569 Dennery to Duquesne (1944-1945)
HS 6/570 Farmer to Fucs (1944-1945)
HS 6/571 Ganay to Gunsberg (1944-1945)
HS 6/572 Hannsen to Hue (1944-1945)
HS 6/573 Istria to Knight (1944-1945)


REEL 5
HS 6/574 Lake to Longe (1944-1945)
HS 6/575 Mackenzie to Monsencal (1944-1945)
HS 6/576 Nearne to Noyer (1944-1945)
HS 6/577 Pandelle to Du Puy (1944-1945)
HS 6/578 Racheline to Rousset (1944-1945)
HS 6/579 St Quentin to Sybille (1944-1945)
HS 6/580 Tascherau to Trotobas (1944-1945)
HS 6/581 Ulmer (1945)
HS 6/582 Veillard to Vomecourt (1945)

REEL 6
HS 6/583 Wallace to Woerther (1945)
HS 6/584 Zeff (1945)


HS 6/585 Personnel: circuit mission reports and interrogations: circuits A - G (1944)
Acolyte, Actor, Beggar, Broker, Butler, Detective, Digger, Diplomat, Ditcher, Donkeyman, Farmer, Fireman, Footman, Gardener, Gondolier


HS 6/586 Personnel: circuit mission reports and interrogations: circuits H - P (1944)
Headmaster, Helmsman, Hermit, Hillbilly, Historian, Jockey, Marksman, Mason, Minister, Pedagogue, Permit, Pimento


HS 6/587 Personnel: circuit mission reports and interrogations: circuits R - Z (1944)
Racketeer, Rover, Salesman, Scholar, Scientist, Shipwright, Silversmith, Singlet, Spiritualist, Stationer, Stockbroker, Straggler, Tilleul, Tinker, Treasurer, Wheelwright, Woodcutter, Wrestler

Policy and operations in France - (HS 6/588 - 616)

HS 6/588 Retained by Department under Section 3(4)
HS 6/589 Sabotage in France (1941-1942)
HS 6/590 Policy towards France (1941-1942)
HS 6/591 PWE activity in France (1940-1942)
HS 6/592 Liaison with Foreign Office; action against Vichy shipping (1941-1942)

REEL 7
HS 6/593 Situation in France (1940-1942)
HS 6/594 Resistance groups and freedom movements: Baron d’Astier and José Aboulker (1942-1943)
HS 6/595 General policy matters. With photocopy of French publication “Le Franc-Tireur” (1940-1943)
HS 6/596 Miscellaneous (1943)


REEL 8
HS 6/597 Maquis. With 2 newspaper cuttings (one in French) (1944)
HS 6/598 Miscellaneous (1944-1945)
HS 6/599 Relations with French authorities (1943)
HS 6/600 French in New York (1940)
HS 6/601 Appreciation of French Resistance (1943-1944)
HS 6/602 Liaison with Free French (1941-1942) including assessment of Charles de Gaulle and situation in France
HS 6/603 D/R directorate and planning (1943-1944)
HS 6/604 SAS operations under SHAEF control (1944)
HS 6/605 Instructions to Resistance in France (1944)
HS 6/606 Air transport operations; USAAF for Maquis; operations BUICK, CADILLAC and GRASSY (1944)

REEL 9
HS 6/607 Command and control of Resistance after D-Day (1944)
HS 6/608 Retained by Department under Section 3(4)
HS 6/609 Use of BBC facilities to broadcast code messages (Folder 1) (1943-1944)
HS 6/610 Use of BBC facilities to broadcast code messages (Folder 2) (1944-1945)
HS 6/611 Sea operations: CONISTON; infiltration of ARMAND and SOUPIRON (1944)
HS 6/612 OSS war diary Aug/Sept: No. 4 special force unit (1944)

REEL 10
HS 6/613 Operation COUNTER-SCORCH: plan MOMIE (1943-1944) including SOE relations with Gaullist movement and the Foreign Office from 1942 onwards

HS 6/614 Missions: YEO-THOMAS/PASSY and YEO-THOMAS/BROSSOLETTE (1943-1944)
HS 6/615 Sea operations: use of Breton fishermen; LARDER/LOBSTER operations (1942-1944)
HS 6/616 Support of military and naval operations: recruiting (unsuccessful) of Jedburgh personnel (1943)

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