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Steamship Caffaro left Tripoli for Naples carrying two English prisoners, Aug 29....
Catalogue reference: HW 1/40
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This record is about the Steamship Caffaro left Tripoli for Naples carrying two English prisoners, Aug 29.... dating from 1941 Sept 2 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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- 1941 Sept 2
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Steamship Caffaro left Tripoli for Naples carrying two English prisoners, Aug 29.
Results of British bombing attack on Tripoli Aug 30.
SS Ossag to be kept in Benghazi until Sept 5.
Results of photo recce on Egyptian aerodromes and railway stations by Germans on Aug 31.
Evening report for Sept 19 issued by Fliegerfuehrer Africa.
Supplies and reinforcements for units in Africa raised by 10th Air Corps Sept 1.
Mopping-up operations continuing in Crete.
10th Air Corps instructions regarding air protection for supply ships sailing to Greece.
Night operations against Port Said by 10th Air Corps, Sept 1-2.
Intentions of 10th Air Corps, Sept 2: night attacks on Port Said and Tobruk.
GAF requires more shipping space for completion of works in Crete.
Report for Himmler that Soviets are retreating and burning villages and numbers of prisoners taken and Jews shot.
Italian ambassador to Turkey and von Papen discuss Anglo-Soviet action in Iran with Turkish minister: seeks approval for movement of German and Italians through Turkey from Iran.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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