VOL. 4 APRIL, MAY, JUNE 1944 JEOBURGHS

OPERATIONS

Te ... Hugh (106F. )

Jedburgh team Hugh WBB the first Jt>dburgh team to be

dispatched to France trolD the U.K.

Members of Team

The members ot team Hugh were:

17

Captain L. Legrand, (French), code name: FRANC

Ca~taln W. R. Crawshay (Brltish), code name: CROWN

C.C. R. Mereiol (French), code name: YONNE

Area to Which Dispatched

Teem Hugh wss dlspatched on the night ot 5/6 June to

the Chateauroux area 1n the DepRrtment ot Indre, Frllnce.

Background ot Resiatance 1n Area

The team WaB dispatched with an SAS group known A8

Bullbsaket and instructed to mAke contact with the orgAnlzA­

tion under the direction ot our agent Samuel, sent to the

fleld 1n Apr!l 1943. Semuel acted tor almost 8 year 88 WIT

opeNttor and later 8S personal eecretary to Philippe, who

had built up an extremely active and powerful organization

covering en area from Vierz.on to Perigeux with affiliA.tions

Ae fAr south ae Tarbes. Recently this group has been in

contaot with a group of approximately 2, 000 men spread

generally over the Indre. Although not a military body,

this group was prepared to take act10n on D-day. Its supply

of arms was not good. However, Philippe r a ted the organiza­

tion b~gh1y.

Ph1lippe and the head of the Indre organi zation were

arrested in early May but contact has been mainte.ined _lth

Samuel t who seemed to have the s1 tuatlon well 1n hand.

The arrest of their leader has not cUsrupted the

( 106.) Operat1ons otter 1 Ju1 44 p 64

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VOL. { APRIL, MAY, J1J1<E 19{{ JIDBURGR8

Operation. TeM Hugh (Contl,d)

organiz.ation 08 h 'Tidenced by the toot that recelrtng

grounde tor operatlon. bod been recelYed and the oircuit

organizing Ly8ander plck-up. 1n the IOOre WAS funotioning

DOMII.lI,.

There wa. no IntortDAtlon on org.!lnlzed groupe or IDAqU1a

o'f'8.1!llble. However , the points 8uggeetec1 tor dropping etore.

lugga.ted that the re might be BO!!e well armed groupe up 1n

the wooded reglon eoat and northeast of Leblanc.

Tbe reglon va8 under the author! t1 of 8 Delegue Mill tetra

Regional.

Purppn or Million

The pr1 .. r1 talk of team Rugh V88 to help SA! 1n the

8.toblllhment ot their ba. e , which w •• to be relnforced by

other SAS troope and trQII whlch ralde could be carr1ed out

on enemy 11nea or communioatlon. The tau V88 to arrange

wh ate •• r aee1atance from r eehtance needed by SA! to eatab­

liah the baae .

The team waa to report to SFHQ al to the .tate of

r.alatance elellenta In the area In terml of personnel.

leaderahlP. ann a nd potentlaUtiea. No attempt wae t o be

made to .organI!.e large groupe 1n th1a area unleas specIf1-

cally 1netructed by SrRQ.

The m1aslon "'811 allO to coneul t '11th the leader or the

group to wh1ch 1t waa aas1gned on the advantagea of contact1ng

other groupe operat1ng 1n tbe area IUcb aa the Delegue

M1Uta1re Regional or the F.F.I. Ch1er.

~1!!thgd or DroppIng on4 Recpptlon Com!!lltt1!!1!!

The team vaa to be dropped 'o11nd vith an SA! group at

a designated apot.

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VOL. 4 APRIL, IIAY, JURE 1944 JEDBURGHS

Operotlon. Te8m Hugh (000t I 4)

EquiplDent

The .tsndard Jedburgh load Q.O?) wse dropped with the

tealll.

Scale of Alr Support Likely

The milltary altuat10n would determine the amount of

future alrcraft del1verleB . However, the te8ID W88 instructed

to accept assistance from reeietance where needed, but no

general reeru! tlng requiring large amounts of supplies was

to he undertaken un1e8' otherwise instructed.

Communigatlons

2 WIT let. were dropped with the team. Contact with the

HOGle Station V88 to be established aa 800n 88 posslble.

Sboud 1t become necessary for the teaID to Ident1ty

itself to any group, arrangements were made t or an agreed

lIIe888ge to be broadcast over BBC .

Flnance

Each of the orUcers took 100,000 French france and 50

American dollars. The WIT operRtor took 50,000 French tran08

and 50 American dollars .

RelAtions with Other Allied Unlt.

SoeM,l Alrborne Sorylo08. The m18s10n of the tea!'! Was

to act aB the link betweon BAS and reslstance groups. They

were not to be under t h e command of SAS , t-ut they would as

tar flS poss1ble see that the operatlon8 ot any group they

contacted contormed to the reqUirements ot the BAS commander.

Othe r Jedburgh Partle •• It contact wlth resistance

proved successful , and I f BFHQ lnstructed the team to

organize group reSistance, lt would be pOBslble to send

turther Jedburgh teams upon request. In thls case, the team

would arrange tor reception ot such addltlonal teams.

(l ':'?) Jed Committee Meeting 29 Dec 43 Mt R_l F-401/2

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VOL. 4 APRIL, KAY, JUlIE 1944 JEDBURGII8

OPeration. T'M Hugh (Coptld)

Al11.d, rore.. It Overrun' It oY,rrun by Allied Forces

the team wal instruoted to report to the nearellt Allied unit

and '8t for the 1ntelligence offlcer. They v.re not to glve

hi. any d.tall. of the work but merely .Ik. thi' offlcer to

pat. tbelll to the nearelt S, Itaft. Th111' staft would ldentify

the team and pal. t hell back. to STRQ.

A£ll2n Upon Arrl.,.,l 1n tho '1.14. Upon arrival 1n the fleld

tbe teem va. directed to proceed to 8 d.signated epot where

they would be contacted by a pereon who would eetabll.h h1.

ldentity by u., of a pre-arranged melsag'. Then they would

carry out thelr IIl.,lon and tetablleh contact w1 th retll­

tanee groups who could help them 1n eetabl1ehlng tbe SAS

base. It ".1 not the lntention ot the group to establleh a

baae which would be held indetinitely tor realltance, but

rather one to be ueed tor raiding enemy linea ot oommunioa­

tion. Coneequently, ohooaing a suitable looation wa.

lmportant.

It Withdrawal Should Beoome NecealarI . It the teal!!

sbould have oQDpleted lta lIis8ion, or 1t ita return to the

U.X. WaB desired, instructions tor Bxtiltrstion would be

Blnt through the tep' B normal radio channels.

It Captyred. The team took. no cover atory wlth it to

the t leld, BO in event ot be1ng taken prlBoner they would be

taken ae BoldierB in unltorm pertormlng their ordinary

military duties. Every established law ot wartare would

apply to them and they would glve their name, renk, and

number only.

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