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North Africa: Axis plans to use the Grand Mufti to stir up insurrection in Tunisia,...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/1217
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This record is about the North Africa: Axis plans to use the Grand Mufti to stir up insurrection in Tunisia,... dating from 1942 Dec 13 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 1/1217
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1942 Dec 13
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North Africa: Axis plans to use the Grand Mufti to stir up insurrection in Tunisia, Dec 11; GAF report Axis lines in south Tunisia, Dec 13; GAF report and intentions, Dec 12, Panzer Army assume British attack has begun; German naval report for Dec 12, large Allied convoy en route Bone.
GAF in Finland have maintenance problems because of lack of heating and light, Dec 12.
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c/1731
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