ANCC meeting nr 16

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AGENDA
for the Sixteenth Meeting of the ANGLO-NORWEGIAN COLLABORATION COMMITTEE to be held on Friday, 12th March 1943 at 3 p.m. at 88, Chiltern Court.

1. Points arising out of Minutes of the 15th Meeting.
2. Propaganda.
3. Proposals for observance of Norway's National Day (17th May).
4. Any other business.

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TO: M/CD 12th March 1943
From: SN

Sixteenth Meeting of the Anglo-Norwegian Collaborating Committee to be held 12th March 1943.

1. The following points arise out of Minutes of the fifteenth Meeting.

2.(a) Administration of S.T.S.26. The second British Officer instructor has been selected for appointment to S.T.S.26. The position in regard to Norwegian Quartermasters remains the same.

(b) Krag Jørgensen Ammunition. No further information as been received from SU.

(c) Training of special Messengers. No progress.

(d) Attacks on Enemy Shipping. etc. On the British side, study of the collection of intelligence,etc. is proceeding.

3. Recruitment of additional crews for N.N.I.U.The position is now more satisfactory, om account of recruitment both in U.K. and in Sweden.

5. General Policy in connection with future work in Norway.
This may perhaps come up again in connection with No. 4 on the Agenda, Any Other Business. It is for consideration, however, whether any further
information is available under paragraph (i).

7. Attacks on Frost-Filet factories and Ships. This project had to be abandoned owing to the impossibility of obtaining transport from Admiral (SUBMARINES).

8. Attachment of Norwegian Pilots and navigators to 138 Squadron. No progress has been made.

10. (c) Distribution of Midget Broadcast Receivers. Some 20 sets have been delivered to ST. am were to be tested under arrangements made by him.

2. PROPAGANDA. A note by SN/I on this whole mention of propaganda is attached. Reference may be made particularly to paragraphs 11 to 14, In this connection, when I heard of the breakdown of the Propaganda Plan, 1 wrote to
SB on the 3rd March. The following are the apposite peragraphs.

"As Captain Nyberg has kept me fully informed of all that has been done in connection with the Propaganda Plan, I have realised to the full that its failure is due to circumstances beyond your control in London. i agree with you, however, that ir. Kenney's superiors - may not possibly take the same view as i do, and i therefore repeat the suggestion which i made to you yesterday that Minister Torp Should put the whole position before Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart.

There is one further point which I feel i should confirm in writing, so as to avoid
any possible misunderstanding in the future.
As you are aware, S.O.E. as whole is responsible for operating any P.W. E. plan so far as the introduction of personnel and material into a particular country is concerned. According to both these organisations’ charters, they have a responsibility for Allied propaganda as distinguished from any particular national propaganda.
It will be necessary, therefore, for me in consultation with P.W.E. to consider what further steps should be taken to ensure that Allied propaganda and more
particulary, anti-Nazi propaganda is not neglected in Norway."

3. Propossis for observance of Norway's National D (17th Kay).

This will probably resolve itse into a request for bombing of specific enemy targets in different parts of Norway.
A certain amount can also be done by the B.B.C. and leaflets, etc., which are more the concern of P.W.E. than ourselves.

4. Any other business.
The messages sent through CHAFFINCH by S.MO. HQ. to the Norwegian High Command appear to call for observation. I attach copies of amended and amplified translation of these messages.

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MINUTES of the Sixteenth Meeting of the ANGLO-NORWEGIAN COLLABORATION COMMITTEE held on Friday. 12th March, 1943.

1. Arising out of the minutes of the fifteenth meeting:
(a) Administration of S.T.S. 26
S.N. reported that the second British officer instructor had been selected for appointment to this station. S.T. said that they were not yet in a position to appoint the two Norwegian quartermasters but steps were now being taken to-select suitable candidates in Stockholm and to bring them to this country.
(b) Krag Jørgensen Ammunition, There was nothing further to report.
(c) Training of Special Messengers. In view of the further developments in the S.N.O. S.U. stated that he would like to discuss the question again with S.N. before raising it in Committee.
(d) Attacks on Enemy Shipping. German Tankers, etc. S.N. reported that a collection and study of intelligence, etc. was proceeding within S.O.E.
(e) Recruitment of Additional Crews for the N.N.I.U. The position was now more satisfactory on account of recruitment "both in the United Kingdom and in Sweden. S.B. told the Committee that he had written to the Norwegian Conscription Board to arrange for the allocation of 6 bodies, .now at Buckie, to these duties.
(f) Attacks on Frost-filet Factories and Ships. S.N. stated that this project had had to be abandoned as it had proved impossible to obtain the necessary
transport from Admiral (Submarines).
(g) Attachment of Norwegian Pilots and Navigators to 138 Squadron, There was no progress to report but the Committee agreed on the lines of the proposal and D/S undertook to press for the inclusion in 138 Squadron of a number of Norwegian pilots who had volunteered for this work and whose names S.U. would provide.
(h) Distribution of Midget Broadcast Receivers.
S.T. stated that the sets delivered to him had been tested and he promised an early report. He thought that this would be adverse so far as production was concerned, because the wiring was intricate and in some cases had not been satisfactorily carried out with the result that reception was faulty. The Committee agreed that it was essential that only first-class receivers of the report to Norway in the interests both of the British and Norwegian Goverments. SN undertook on receipt of the repoort to consult AD/Z.

2. Propaganda.
The Committee had before them a complete report by SN/I on the training, preparation of and the planning for the.operational propaganda field scheme for Norway and the reasons for the abandonment of the scheme. In this connection S.B stated that Minister Torp was proposing to discuss the whole position with Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart as soon as he had been able to study the problem SN pointed out to the Norwegian representatives that S.O.E
was responsible for operating any any P.W.E. plan so far as the
introduction of personnel and material into a particular country were concerned, and that according to both these organisations* Charters, they bear the responsibility of Allied propaganda as distinct from any particular national propaganda. In view of this responsibility it would be necessary, in consultation with P.W.E to consider what further steps should be taken to ensure that the dissemination of Allied propaganda, and in particular of anti-Nazi propaganda, should not be neglected in Norway. S.B. . asked that, at any rate, so far as is possible, these plans should only be made in collaboration with the Norwegian Government. In the course of general discussion of the subject S.T. u urged the desirability of distributing pamphlets setting out facts regarding Allied operations, if possible with photographs.

3. Proposals for the observance of Norway's National Day (17th May,).
As requested, S.B. had obtained a statement of the wishes of the Norwegian Information Office in this connection and a copy of the latter's reply had been sent to SN/I. This suggested widespread dissemination of leaflets. D/S pointed out that the Royal Air Force were at present opposed to carrying leaflets rather than bombs. S.U. suggested that Norway's Nation Day should be celebrated by a series of Mosquito raids on targets near Oslo, in particular the oil storage tanks at Valdø in Oslo fjord, in which S.T. told the meeting one half of Norway's stocks or lubricating oil is stored. S.N. undertook to have these suggestions put before the Air Targets Targets Committee.

4. Any other business.
(a) Labour Ordinance in Norway, (from SL-Norway)
The Committee discussed the telegram transmitted to General Hansteen through ,though Chaffinch regarding the mobilisation of workers under the new Quisling Orders S.U. stated that he was obtaining the views of the Norwegian ministers concerned after which policy would be formulated and a reply sent to the Central Council by General Hansteen through Chaffinch.
(b) Gunnerside. S.N. reported the complete success of the Gunnerside
operation and a short discussion ensured during which S.T. estimated that it might be s long as twelve months before the plant could be restored to its full capacity.

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