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Far East: message of Mar 29 from commander of base force 11, Saigon to commander...

Catalogue reference: HW 1/3671

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This record is about the Far East: message of Mar 29 from commander of base force 11, Saigon to commander... dating from 1945 Apr 5 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 1/3671
Date
1945 Apr 5
Description

Far East: message of Mar 29 from commander of base force 11, Saigon to commander of base force 15, Penang, stating that the last 6 English military personnel who had landed on west coast of Puket Island and had been hiding there had been captured, references to a Japanese soldier being shot on Mar 20 and to 3 Thailand naval personnel being shot on Mar 30.

Naval Headlines for Apr 2: Japanese success at Puket Island on Mar 29; correspondence concerning this incident between PM, CIGS, C and Chiefs of Staff.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
c/8955
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Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4466861/

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