Reel 17427 - Page 1705

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Reel 17427 - Page 1705

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1941/1945

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fra

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A powerful offensive was launched 25 July on the Granville-Caen front.

While in the Caen area the British attack was holding large numbers of German military forces but not being able to make any appreciable progress, the American forces were bursting the Avranches "keyhole" and hurling swift units to the south and west.

This was the situation on 9 August. Brittany, controlled by the American forces except for St. Nazaire, Lorient, and Brest, around which besieging forces are closing in, (faced?), to the east, a front marked off by Caen, Vire, Mortain, Mayenne, Le Mans, Angers. A strong thrust continued to make itself felt and seems to be meeting with no effective resistance except in the Mortain-Caen area.

There are numerous severe air raids on railroad centers, notably in the Rhone valley, (along the coast off) Provence, and in the Paris region. Communication within the country is becoming more and more difficult. The resistance elements are intensifying their activities, particularly in the region of the Massif Central and in the Alps.

The uneasiness shown in your previous correspondence is unfounded. The government's organization is unchanged, and its position may still be defined by the message of 6 June from the Head of the State and the (Head of the Government?). I urge you to believe nothing except on official notification.

a - As in text. The date might also be 10 August, 11 August, or 12 August.

b - Not identified.

Inter: 12 Aug 44 (h) Vichy French
Rec'd: 13 Aug 44
Trans: 15 Aug 44 (h905-532-a)
Rec'd Ottawa: August 22, 1944.

Examination Unit
National Research Council
August 22, 1944

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