French troop transports underway from Senegal to Madagascar according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 19 March 1942

An item reported that three [French?] transports with colonial reinforcements embarked were underway from Dakar, Senegal towards Madagascar. This item could not be confirmed.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 99 dated 19 March 1942