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Tokyo instructs Japanese ambassador London to destroy his cypher machine Dec 1. Chungking...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/290
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- HW 1/290
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1941 Dec 3
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Tokyo instructs Japanese ambassador London to destroy his cypher machine Dec 1.
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North Africa: GAF asked urgently to fly anti-aircraft gun-barrels to Benghazi, Dec 2; Panzer Group Africa places highest priority on air transport of armour piercing shells, Dec 2; GAF operations and reconnaissance report for Dec 1-2.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 098508 not included; see 8239
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- c/8232
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