TNA ADM 199 792

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PROPOSED ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN FRENCH AND BRITISH
NAVAL AUTHORITIES FOR THE EVACUATION OF THE FRENCH
AND BRITISH ARMIES FROM DUNKERQUE AND VICINITY.
The timing and order in which British and French
troops will be evacuated must be decided by mutual agreement
between Lord Gort and General Blanchard.
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Vice Admiral, Dover, will be responsible for
regulating the sailing of French and British vessels to
Dunkerque for loading.
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Admiral Abrial ( with Rear Admiral Platon, Governor
of Dunkerque, under his orders) is the only authority in charge
of all arrangements for berthing and loading ships at
Dunkerque and on the coast. Captain Tennant is under
Admiral Abrial orders for arranging for berthing, loading etc.
of British vessels.
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A French Naval Staff will be placed at Dover, for
handling this side of evacuation, under the orders of
Vice Admiral Ramsay.
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All naval means for evacuation shall be shared between
Dover and Dunkerque.
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The French Navy will send big transports to
Scuthampton or where necessary to evacuate to France
as
fast as possible, all troops arriving by smaller ships at
Dover and other places in the vicinity. Troops will be sent
by train, when disembarked, to the next port of embarkation.
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British and French Admiralty agree that evacuation
will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, without
(a) Adequate air protection.
(b) Re-occupation of the coast from Dunkerque to
Griz Nez, gained by a counter attack OD land
forces combined with a naval operation.
Dover,
27th. May 1940.