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North Africa: GAF urgent request for bomb tenders Nov 26; naval units to transport...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/269
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This record is about the North Africa: GAF urgent request for bomb tenders Nov 26; naval units to transport... dating from 1941 Nov 27 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 1/269
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941 Nov 27
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Description (What the record is about)
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North Africa: GAF urgent request for bomb tenders Nov 26; naval units to transport fuel vice anti-aircraft troops Nov 26.
Russian Front: GAF air operations Nov 26; Panzer Group 3 report Nov 26; GAF intentions Nov 26; Panzer Group 3 report evening Nov 26; German intentions Nov 26; German report of Nov 26; 2nd Army report Nov 27; German ground forces warned of difficulty GAF have in recognising own forces Nov 26.
Yugoslavia, and Greece: report for 23 Nov on military operations.
Japanese chargé London report that British are confident of defeating Germany and advises negotiating with Britain and US, Nov 21.
Chinese ambassador London report on Japanese-US negotiations, Nov 24.
Japanese ambassador Berlin on Franco-German negotiations, Nov 21: Japanese ambassador Rome reports that the Pope sent message to Roosevelt about peaceful settlement with Japan, Nov 22.
Mexican ambassador Berlin on German internal unrest, Nov 24.
Turkish ambassador Kibyshev on probability of Japanese-US war.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Naval Headlines not included; see 8186
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- c/8180
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