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Moscow Front: fragmentary report of German withdrawals and advances, Dec 4; German...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/300
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This record is about the Moscow Front: fragmentary report of German withdrawals and advances, Dec 4; German... dating from 1941 Dec 5 in the series Government Code and Cypher School: Signals Intelligence Passed to the Prime Minister,.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- HW 1/300
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941 Dec 5
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Description (What the record is about)
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Moscow Front: fragmentary report of German withdrawals and advances, Dec 4; German report, Dec 4.
Russian Front: GAF air intentions Dec 5.
Greece: GAF have urgent need for transport to carry supplies for Africa from Patras port to an aerodrome, Dec 4.
Japanese ambassador, Berlin, reports of Nov 21 on German progress on the Russian Front, North Africa, Franco-German relations and the despatch of U-boats to the Mediterranean.
Mediterranean: 1SL reply to PM's query on U-boat developments, Dec 4.
Tokyo instructed Rangoon to send back Japanese versed in Burma conditions.
Chungking describes Australian approach on Japanese-US talks and asks London to ascertain if this was primed by British, Dec 2.
French Embassy, Washington, to Vichy on Roosevelt's decision to send a personal representative to the near east, Nov 26.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- BJ/89 and 098564 not included
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- c/8252
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- Asia
- Europe and Russia
- Intelligence
- Navy
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4463529/
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