Key Information
Reference code
CHATER 3/8
Title
Correspondence, 1939-1940, on topics including propaganda and intelligence in British Somaliland
Date(s)
- 1939 Sep - 1940 Aug (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Papers from Chater's service as Officer Commanding Somaliland Camel Corps, relating to possible attack on British Somaliland by Italian forces, mostly correspondence between Chater and Gen Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, General Officer Commanding, Middle East; Maj Gen Arthur Francis Smith, Middle East Headquarters; Maj Gen Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen, General Officer Commanding; Vincent Conçalves Glenday, Governor of Somaliland; and AVM George Ranald Macfarlane Reid, Air Officer Commanding, British Forces, Aden, including details on propaganda and intelligence in Britsh Somaliland and problems raised by the prospect of French troops from Vichy France observing the armistice with Germany. 1 file.