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U.S. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE REPORTS: FRANCE1919-1941 A Guide to U.S. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE REPORTS: FRANCE, 1919-1941 Edited by Dale Reynolds Guide Compiled by Mike Acquaviva A microfilm project of UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA, INC. 44 North Market Street • Frederick, MD 21701 NOTE ON SOURCES The documents in this collection are from the National Archives and Record Administration, Washington, D.C., Record Group #165, Military Intelligence Di- vision Files: France. Copyright © 1985 by University Publications of America, Inc. All rights'reserved. ISBN 0-89093-664-1. TABLE OF CONTENTS Keel Index Keel 1 M Hilary A flairs 1 Keel 2 Military Affairs cont 4 Keel 3 Military Affairs cont 10 Keel 4 Military Affairs cont 17 Keel 5 Military Affairs cont 20 Keel 6 Military Affairs cont 25 Keel? Military Affairs cont 30 Keel 8 Military Affairs cont 33 Reel 9 M ilitary Affairs cont 34 Reel 10 Economic Affairs 36 Political Affairs 38 Keel 11 Political Affairs cont 41 Keel 12 Political Affairs cont 48 Aviation 49 Subject Index 51 REEL INDEX Reell Military Affairs 0001 M.A. Report: French Army Demobili/ation. January 17. 1919. 7pp. 0007 M.A. Report: Demobili/alion of the French Army. February I. 1919. ,1pp. 0010 M.A. Report: Compulsory Military Service in France. January 25. 1919. 10pp. 0020 M.A. Report: Demobilisation of the French Army. February X. 1919. ,1pp. 0023 Memo: Report of French Minister of War to the President of France on Armament and Munitions. January 27. 1919. Ip. 0024 Report: to the President of the French Republic Industrial Reconstruction. December 20. 19IS. 4pp. 002K M.A. Report: Marshal Retain Assigned to Command of French Army. August I. 1919. 2pp. 0030 Report: Distribution of Allied Troops around the Black Sea. September 9. 1919. 2pp. 0032 Report: Organi/ation. October 17. 1919. I Ipp. 0043 Report: "The Army of To-Morrow (L'Armcc De Dcmain).: Journal Den Di'halx. Paris. October 27. 1919. October 31. 1919. 4pp. 0047 Report: Allied War Losses. November 5. 1919. 2pp. 0049 Report: Conversation with Lieutenant (iener.il Sir John du Cane, regarding the Organi/ation ol the French High Command. November 12. 1919. 5pp. 0054 Report: Administration Officers. November 4. 1919. 7pp. 0061 Lecture: "The Organi/ation ol the French Army" by Lieutenant Colonel L.R. Holbrook. F.A. Septembers. 1919. 20pp. 00X2 Report: Motor Transport Corps in French Army. December 12. 1919. 7pp. 00X9 M.A. Report: French War Department. Januarv 14. 1919. 6pp. 0095 Report: Causes and Effects of the War of 1914 I9IX on the French Cavalry. April 24. 1920. 72Pp. 0167 Report: A Report on a French Cavalry Regiment. June 15. 1920. 5pp. 0172 Report: French Police. July I. 1920. 3pp. 0175 Report: Present State of Morale in the French Armv. July 12. 1920. 3pp. OI7X M.A. Report: I he Annihilation ol the French Force at I'rl'a. July 20. 1920. Xpp. 01X6 Report: Creation of General Inspection for the Artillery. September 20. 1920. 3pp. 01X9 Report: Comments on the New Organi/ation of Command in French Artillery. September 20. 1920. 3pp. 0192 Report: The New General Inspection for the Artillery. September 27. 1920. 4pp. 0196 Report: Organi/ation. October 9. 1919. 23pp. 0219 Report: General Staff. November 4. 1920. 15pp. 0234 Report: Participation of the Army in the Maintenance of Public Order. November 25. 1920. 9pp. 0243 Report: War Department Budget for 1921. May 2. 1921. 3pp. 0246 M.I.D. Report: Combat Monograph of France. January 8. 1921. 156pp. 0402 Report: Military Laws Organi/ation in Time ol War. January 31. 1921.6pp. 0408 Report: The Army Reorgani/ation Bill. February 16. 1921. 5pp. 0413 Report: The Army Reorgani/ation Bill. February 23. 1921. 7pp. 0420 Report: The Organi/ation and Strength Bill. April 25. 1921. 5pp. 0425 Report: The Organi/ation and Strength Bill. May 20. 1921. Ip. 0426 Memo: Proposed Reorgani/ation of the Army. May 25. 1921. 5pp. 0431 Report: The Organi/ation and Strength Bill. June 15. 1921. 2pp. 0433 Report: The Organi/ation and Strength Bill. June 17. 1921. 12pp. 0445 Report: Military Legislation. February 17. 1922. 4pp. 0449 Report: Army Legislation Pending in Parliament. February 24. 1922. 2pp. 0451 Report: The French 18 Months Army Service Bill. April 7. 1922. 4pp. 0455 Report: Chamber of Deputies Votes 18 Months Service. June 26. 1922. 2pp. 0457 M.A. Report: Chamber of Deputies Passes Most of the Paragraphs ol the New Army Service Bill. June 30. 1922. I p. 0458 Report: The Three New Marshals of France. February 23. 1921. 2pp. 0460 Report: The New Marshals. February' 25. 1921. 4pp. 0464 Report: The Reserves as a Factor of the Recruiting Law. April 9. 1921. 10pp. 0474 Report: Promotion Courses for French Army Officers. March 6. 1923. 5pp. 0479 M.I.D. Report: Role and Missions of the Artillery. April 29. 1921. 6pp. 0485 Report: Newspaper Referendum on Marshals. April 25. 1921. 2pp. 0487 Report: Newspaper Referendum on Marshals. May 1921. Ip. 0488 Report: The Bill on Army Promotions. May 20. 1921. I p. 0489 Report: The Bill on Army Promotions. May 27. 1921. 4pp. 0493 Report: The Bill on Army Promotions. June 10. 1921. 3pp. 0496 Report: The Bill Fixing the Status of General Officers. May 20. 1921. Ip. 0497 Report: The Bill Fixing the Status of General Officers. May 26. 1921. 3pp. 0500 Report: "The Technical Organi/ation of the Nation Under Arms" by General Charbonnier. May 26. 1921. 2pp. 0502 Report: Proposed Reorgani/ation of Artillery. June 7. 1921. 3pp. 0505 Report: Officer Personnel. June 14. 1921. 6pp. 0511 Report: Tables of Organization Air Service. June 12. 1921. 7pp. 0518 Lecture: Infantry Course the Infantry in Battle. December II. I9IK. 24pp. 0542 Lecture: Infantry Course - the Infantry in Battle. December 12. I9IX. 31pp. 0573 Report: Instruction of French General Officers and Colonels. July 13. 1921. 3pp. 0576 M.A. Report: French Military Attaches Abroad. December 7, 1921. 5pp. 0581 Report: The Present Organi/ation of the French Artillery. September 29. 1921. 7pp. 0588 Report: French Army. 1920. 3pp. 0591 Report: The Board of National Defense. November 29. 1921. 94pp. 0595 Report: The Board of National Defense. December 16. 1921. 3pp. 0598 Report: Director of Services General Secretariat of the Board of National Defense, .lanuan. 23. 1922. 2pp. 0600 (i-2 Report: Permanent Secretarial ol the Supreme National Defense Council. May 20. 1926. I p. 0601 Report: Strength ol the French Army. October I. 1921. 2pp. 060.1 M.A. Report: Estimate ol the Military Situation in France. March 6. 1922. 6pp. 0609 Report: British Fstimate of French Offensive Power. December 22. 1921. 2pp. 0611 Report: I'pkeep ol the Levant. April 3. 1922. Ip. 0612 Report: Military Budget Law lor Calendar Year 1922. January 17. 1922. 2pp. 0614 M.A Report: Nomination of Marshal Petain as Inspector General of the Army. January 20. 1922. 3pp. 0617 Report: I he Inspector (icncral ol the Army. January 23. 1922. 2pp. 0619 Report: I su ol Women's Organi/ations (.luring War in France. September 27. 1922. 2pp. 0621 Report: Distribution ol the Army January 23. 1922. 8pp. 0629 Report: Germany Present and Planned Strength ol the French Army. January 31. 1922. 2pp. 0631 Report: How ihe French Government Now Procures and I rains Reserve Officers. January 15. 1921. 10pp. 0641 Report: British F'slimate ol French Ollensive Power. January 24. 1922. 2pp. 0643 Report: Comparative I-\penditures ol France and Great Britain for Military Purposes. January 27. 1922. 2pp. 0645 Report: Comparison of French and British Military Budgets. February 22. 1922. 2pp. 0647 Report: General Inspectors ol the \rniy. March 10. 1922. Ip. 0648 (i-2 Report: Inspector General ol Several Arms and Services of the French Army. February 9. 1926. 2pp. 0650 G-2 Report: Inspector General of Colonial I roops Organi/alion and Function of His Office. May 20. 1926. 2pp. 0652 G-2 Report: Inspector General ol Aeronautics Organi/alion and Functions of HLs Office. May 21. 1926. 2pp. 0654 G-2 Report: Inspector General of Corps of Engineers Organi/alion and Functions of His Office. May 21. 1926. 2pp. 0656 (i-2 Reports: Inspector General of Aeronautics. November 18. 1926. Ip. 0657 G-2 Report: Chiefs of Branches. December 28. 1926. I p. 0658 (i-2 Report: The Inspector General and the Director of Artillery. July 27. 1926. 5pp. 0663 G-2 Report: New Inspector General of Infantry. November 24. 1930. Ip. 0664 (i-2 Report: Appointment of an Assistant Inspector General for the Antiaircraft Defense of the Territory. May 16. 1933. Ip. 0665 (i-2 Report: Appointment of General Carencc as Inspector General of the Artillery. January 9. 1934. I p. 0666 G-2 Report: General Duchene Succeeds Marshal Pelain as Inspector General of Aerial Defense. February 16. 1934. 2pp. 0668 M.I.D. Report: Duties of the Inspector General of the Antiaircraft Defense of the Army. February 25. 1935. 4pp. 0672 G-2 Report: Air Defense System Active and Passive Air Defense. January 17. 1936. 3pp. 0675 M.I.D. Report: Personnel Commissioned: Duties of the Inspector General of Colonial Troops. November 10. 1936. 2pp. 0677 M.I.D. Report: Personnel Commissioned: Duties of the Inspector General of Artillery. November 10. 1936. 3pp. 0680 M.I.D. Report: Instructions Relative to the Organi/alion and Supervision of Protective Mate- rial Against Gas in Peace Time. November 17. 1936. 3pp. 0683 Report: Alleged Concentration of French Troops on German Frontier. April 13, 1922. 2pp. 0685 Report: Organi/ation of Command in Coast Defense. June I. 1922. 7pp. 0692 Report: Figures on Recruiting the Class of 1921. August 9.