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eUUlIARIBBD INTR ODUCTION
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Th_ aabotago Exped1tion, whioh ••• known to the
Gentian Becret Sorvloe a. the FRAlIZ DANIEL PAB'l'ORlOU8 Undertaking.
C0l81atad ot eight mon who were larded trolG U-boat. on
thu EDat cp .. " ot the UBA In June 19h2. Tho aaboteura .ere
In tl'l'O sroupa, the tiret beIng put .shere at Aagan •• tt, Long
181an4 on 13.b.h2, while tho .econd groull Re landod on tho
ootlet ot FlorIda near Ponte Vedra, fIfteen miles 80uth ot
Jacksonville, on 17. 6.142.
This report 4ealo In datail with an •• peota ot
the o&8e that might 'b. ot inter.at to tho aeourity B8rTle8.
r summarieod.
Tho tollomng poInt. ho • ..,..r are ot auttlo1ent ITf;orolt to ba
It 1e abundantI,. evident that tho I_del"
tirst group ot saboteur., G80raa John DASOH, had
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ot giving himael.1' up to ~h. Amerioan 8Uth0r1 U.o:_ c ,--_ ~"",~~""Ia:lnll ;
tho wholo EXlledlt1on. probab17 tr,!I~;~:~:~~~
tlrat aua:aeetttd to him 1n Garmarq'
on a oabot.ge ae.lp11D8nt. DABOH'a
tathom. He De a etrODB lett-wina: eupporter
both the FBI and the wrl ter independent17 had tbe id •• that he
might be more than jut • IlUpporter ot the Lett.
The aubmarlne whloh lended one ot the group. lOt
lnto d1tt1cultiu dlll'lna: the land1na operation and want asrou;nd.
It wee only owlng to the la.ine,a or atup14itJ ot the Amerlcan
coaatguarda that th1l aubma.rine we. not Attaoked b1 USA. toro ...
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The lublnarlne went aa:roun4 beoau .. It oarre In olo'e to the
ahora to :prevent tha rubbar boat oontalning the bulkt "bota,.
auppl1ea having to be 1"0' ... 4 too tar. The 41ttlOul.t;r O't
Rtrlk.1ng a balance b,tw.an the .. taty ot the IUbrurlne ao4 the
Clatety ot the rubber boat togethar wl th 1 te cronteuh, .... the
subjeot ot aorlmonioua 41aouaalon between the Gel'lll.ln aeorat
Borvloe and the U-boat Ul,h carnand, .men the aUb.aarlne.ln
quostion returnad trQn ite trip. It 11 baUned that a
4eoi.10n hua baon reached not to aend eubmarlnea on pura
expeditlona ln future, but to include one or poeUb17 two
aabot.ura amana: the normal orew or • al'bmarlne acln, on an
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operational trip. Thte teohnique we. the OM ezapl07e4 In
landlng the German agent JJJ«)WSItI In Canada . "Dr thll
other rea80n8 it 11 moat unl1kel;r that 1n fUture .aboteu.ra
bo landed with 1&rge atorea or _botas •• quipm«lt. . The
aabotaur. Will ba instruoted to purobue their aabotage
equipment wi thin tha oCllntrr OODcerned and mil onl7 br1ne With
them auch thinga a. detonator., ~loh occupy l1ttle apaoe and
cannot be marutaoturttd b1 amateura.
This "botaKe aX}'led.1 tlon na better equipped "i tb
eabo~ge ApPAratua and battor tralned than anr other expe41tlon.
of whioh the Boourl t;y Servloe baa beArd. The Oerman Seoret
Servioa a~tache4 the irooteat lmportance to tbe aucc ... ot tbe
UndertAking and were tortunate 1n ha~ln8·techn1clau. .mang 1t.
membera. TWc mallbers wore ullohineQtool rt tt.r. and wera
therofore in a tar better pcal tiOD to cClM1i t sabotage to
maohineI')' than the uautl t;ypo of .aboteur arnplo;ye4 bf the
German Saoret Bervica.
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