An item reported that according to Swiss deplomatic sources with permission of Darlan the Germans operated a naval intelligence observation post on Madagascar. The J.I.C. commented that Madagascar was of strategic importance for operating in the Indian Ocean and uncertain what Vichy France wanted.(1)
Note
1. French Admiral of the Fleet Jean Louis Xavier François Darlan (7 August 1881 Nérac-24 December 1942 Algiers, French Algeria)
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 79 dated 27 February 1942
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