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C to PM suggesting no action on possible Portuguese agent; PM to C asking for action...
Catalogue reference: HW 1/1844
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This record is about the C to PM suggesting no action on possible Portuguese agent; PM to C asking for action... dating from 1943 July 17 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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- 1943 July 17
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C to PM suggesting no action on possible Portuguese agent; PM to C asking for action on Portuguese traitor, July 11 (see Japanese telegrams below).
Japanese minister, Lisbon: information from Portuguese police commissioner on British request to Salazar for the Azores, July 3 and 5.
Japanese minister, Madrid: UK desire for the Azores, July 5.
South-east Europe: GAF intentions for night of July 5-6: damage to railways in Yugoslavia necessitates allocation of GAF transport aircraft, June 29; Axis expect Allied landing in Greece, July 2.
South Europe: Axis only to destroy water supplies where no Italian civil population, July 4; Kesselring warns of transfer of specially trained harassing air unit to North Africa, July 3; GAF Sardinia unable to re-fuel long range bombers, July 3; GAF orders for July 6.
German intelligence Lisbon reports to Berlin on Allied invasion plans, July 2.
Spanish ambassador, London: US Catholic bishops have asked Churchill to avoid bombing Rome, July 2.
Spanish Foreign Minister and ambassador, London: Anglo-Spanish relations, July 5.
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