ABSTRACT
Sikorski’s staff reckoned that there were still at least 3,000 officers and other ranks to be brought out. The original plan aimed to evacuate in a single operation all the internees in two main camps in the Marseilles area by means of a cargo steamer, the Czardasz. Slocum was in close touch with the Directorate of Naval Intelligence and it seems inherently likely that he was involved in these discussions as he was at the same time fitting out another small cargo steamer for an expedition to the south coast of France on behalf of the British clandestine services. He was quite prepared to meet Polish and Czech operational needs in the course of this projected voyage as well.
