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C to PM. North Africa German operation possibly to pick up agent cancelled Nov 24;...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/258
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This record is about the C to PM. North Africa German operation possibly to pick up agent cancelled Nov 24;... dating from 1941 Nov 25 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 1/258
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1941 Nov 25
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C to PM.
North Africa German operation possibly to pick up agent cancelled Nov 24; order for anti-tank guns to be flown to Africa by GAF Nov 21; two German anti-tank companies to be flown to Benghazi Nov 22; GAF report for Nov 24; GAF permitted to send road transport to Benghazi, Nov 24; German shipping return for Derna Nov 24; Bellona to Derna with fuel for GAF Nov 24 aircraft readiness returns for Nov 24; British occupy Italian posts Nov 24; GAF reinforcement from Romania Nov 24.
North Africa: GAF reinforcements Nov 24; 72 Italian aircraft being transferred to Africa Nov 24; increased demands for GAF to transport wounded from Africa Nov 24; GAF air transport of wounded Oct-Nov; air transport of aviation fuel to Africa, Nov 24; Italian air reconnaissance results Nov 24; arrangements for reception of GAF transport aircraft Nov 24; two supply ships with fuel for GAF reported sunk Nov 24, emergency arrangements for fuel delivery.
Mediterranean: claim that aircraft torpedoes hit British cruiser Nov 24; information on Italian convoy movements Nov 24.
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