Netherlands East Indies Forces Intelligence Service
This article includes a improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (February 2010) ) |
Netherlands East Indies Forces Intelligence Service (NEFIS) was a Dutch
Soon after the evacuation from the Dutch East Indies, a Dutch intelligence service was set up in Australia on the instructions of the Dutch Commander of the forces in the East, Conrad Helfrich.
NEFIS I gathered reports, maps, publications and photos on the Dutch East Indies. On the basis of this information, monthly summaries were issued on the situation in the archipelago.
NEFIS II was responsible for censoring the mail of
A few months later, on 6 July 1942, the
A new division, NEFIS III, was created for this purpose in May 1943. It sent secret agents into occupied territory by submarine or plane to gather intelligence on the local political and military situation. If possible, these agents had to make contact with the local population to gather information and set up undercover organisations.
NEFIS III had little success with the deployment of secret agents. Despite the training course, the agents lacked experience and expertise. It was also difficult to win support from the local population in the Dutch East Indies, as they feared Japanese reprisals. NEFIS III, and its predecessor, the Dutch section of the ISD, sent 36 teams into enemy territory. Over 250 agents were involved in these operations, and 39 lost their lives.
See also
- Operation Tiger, landing party on Java - captured and executed almost to a man
- Operation Walnut, landing party on the Aroe Islands
- Operation Whiting, landing party on Dutch New Guinea
- Operation Oaktree, operation in central Dutch New Guinea
References
- Official History of Special Operations Australia Volume 1 - Organisation Copy 1
- Allies in adversity, Australia and the Dutch in the Pacific War
- Special Operations Australia From which most of the above text was used with permission
- Soldaten Van Oranje (in Dutch)