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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
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Italy ambassador, Bangkok: Japanese troops have taken rights of transit and facilities,...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/315
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This record is about the Italy ambassador, Bangkok: Japanese troops have taken rights of transit and facilities,... dating from 1941 Dec 10 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 1/315
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1941 Dec 10
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Italy ambassador, Bangkok: Japanese troops have taken rights of transit and facilities, Dec 8.
Moscow Front: orders for 51st Army Corps Dec 10; German front line to withdraw, Dec 10.
Russian Front: GAF report on heavy Soviet air attacks Dec 9.
North Africa: GAF to attack Tobruk Dec 11; German general dies Dec 10; German general at Italian HQ has no communications with German HQ, Dec 10; GAF orders on air route to Derna, use of Eleusis in connection with night attack and escorts for ships.
North Africa: GAF orders for daylight bombing procedures against troops, Dec 10; GAF request deliveries for two fighter groups with no ammunition, Dec 10; AOC GAF 10th Air Corps demands immediate report of fuel en route to Africa, Dec 10; Kesselring to arrive Derna Dec 11; report to GAF AOC 10 Air Corps on fuel being shipped by air (see above); GAF report that Italian bombers have not operated since Dec 7 and fighters since Dec 10 because of fuel shortage; GAF AOC 10th Air Corps orders delivery of aviation fuel to Derna as stocks for one day's ops remain, Dec 10; GAF AOC informs C-in-C South that aviation fuel for one day remains, Dec 10; Gen Geissler to return from Africa Dec 11.
North Africa and Crete: fighter aircraft en route Dec 10.
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16 reports attached but not listed
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- The National Archives, Kew
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c/8293
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Open Document, Open Description
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