Item DOBRSKI 7 - Detailed briefing notes, Aug-Dec 1942, on possible future SOE operations in Sicily

Typescript Special Operations Executive (SOE) memorandum entitled 'Appreciation of situation in Sicily as in Nov 1942 with a view to subversive operations in that country' (source, section or author not given), containing recommendations for deployment of subversive operatives in Apr 1943 prior to an Allied military invasion of Sicily, including sections on historical, social and political complexion of Sicily; possible role of the Mafia; sources for recruitment of Sicilian SOE agents; organisation and objectives of agents and SOE cells; maps of Sicily indicating likely rail, road, industrial and communications targets for SOE. 30pp. With another copy, slight variations, updated to end of Dec 1942; list of leading members of the Mafia in Sicily, Rome, Turin and Tunisia, 6 Aug 1942. 1 file