WO 203/5115: Operation Zipper. "Survey Reports
01/01/1945 - 31/12/1945
Correspondence SEAC/68/184/SVY from Colonel M.O. Collins, D.D. Survey HQ SACSEA to Secretary, P.R.M. Board, Int. Div. HQ SACSEA forwarding photographic print requirements for Survey 14 Army, Operation Zipper. In addition to Block Plot requirements D.D. Survey, 14 Army requires two complete sets of all 1/25,000 scale photography and two complete sets of all 1/50,000 scale photography not incorporated into 1" scale maps in Malaya by 31 August. Map of Southern Malaya illustrating proposals made in the correspondence, SEAC/68/184/SVY, is stored in DVD 20130001034. Correspondence covered other topics such as: production of air photo mosaics of beaches, annotated with intelligence information as a supplement to beach maps; G.S. (I) has given a firm ruling that code names are not to be printed on collation maps of assault areas for security reasons; specifications for Flight Grid Maps; and compilation of Shackle collation maps has begun.
WO 203/5115
NAB 2945
English
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