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North Africa: GAF report Mar 2; GAF planning attacks on railway Mar 2; GAF possibly...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/386
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This record is about the North Africa: GAF report Mar 2; GAF planning attacks on railway Mar 2; GAF possibly... dating from 1942 Mar 4 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 1/386
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1942 Mar 4
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North Africa: GAF report Mar 2; GAF planning attacks on railway Mar 2; GAF possibly to mine Suez Canal Mar 2-3; GAF regard RAF PoW as prolific source of information, Mar 2; GAF reconnaissance and operations Mar 2; GAF report Mar 2; GAF reconnaissance, operations and intentions Mar 2; part of GAF reconnaissance report, Mar 2.
Norway: on Hitler's orders, Fieldmarshal List to inspect defence measures from Feb 26.
Russian Front: GAF efforts to fortify aerodromes in the Ukraine, Feb 28.
Japanese ambassador, Berlin: German offers of assistance to repair oil refinery Feb 26.
Japanese minister, Sofia forwards Bulgarian reports on Libya, Egypt and Turkey, Feb 27.
Japanese minister, Stockholm: Swedish views on the Yellow Peril, Feb 27.
Portugal: Lisbon informs ambassador London of Irish chargé's views on relations with Britain and US, Mar 1.
Turkish military attaché, Kuibyshev on developments on the Russian Front, Feb 24.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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c/8874
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Open Document, Open Description
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