ENCLOSURE "A"
 
     OUTLINE PLAN FOR THE SEIZURE OF SARDINIA
 
6. Assumptions.
 
     a. The UNITED NATIONS occupy the whole of the North 
African littoral.
 
     b. SICILY has been occupied and all major resistance 
thereon has ended. The main units of the Italian fleet are 
restricted to the EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. Anti-submarine 
operations in the CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN are being actively 
prosecuted by the UNITED NATIONS.
 
     c. SPAIN and PORTUGAL remain neutral. A German invasion 
of the IBERIAN PENINSULA is unlikely.
 
     d. French forces in NORTH AFRICA are actively collaborat-
ing with the UNITED NATIONS, and are assisting in the 
defense of the African littoral.
 
     e. The bulk of the German Ground and Air Force is 
contained on the Russian front.         
 
     f. PANTELLERIA has been taken as a subsidiary operation 
to the SICILY offensive, and UNITED NATIONS convoys have 
been resumed through the.MEDITERRANEAN.
 
    g. TURKEY remains neutral, and there is no indication of 
a German invasion of TURKEY.
 
     h. There are no indications of a German invasion of the 
BRITISH ISLES.
 
     i. Operations in the PACIFIC continue as now directed.
 
7. Mission of the operation.
 
    To seize and hold SARDINIA.
 
8. Concept of the operation (Appendix "A")
 
     a. To conduct an air offensive from NORTH AFRICA and 
SICILY in order to reduce Sardinian fixed defenses and air 
bases, to neutralize air forces in ITALY and CORSICA, and 
to interdict movement of reinforcements and supplies by air
 
 
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