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Correspondence with Lt.-Col. Basil L. Deed, PIC HQ (Cairo), 25 October 1944-23 February 1945

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add. 8683/II

Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to the establishment of and problems faced by a PIC branch in liberated Athens. Most are office copies of letters from McKitterick and his second-in-command Stephen Bloomer to Lt-Col Basil L Deed in Cairo or Caserta, or (when Deed was himself in Athens) to Major Tom B Smith, his deputy, but there are five handwritten and typescript replies from Deed. 68 letters, low security classification for the most part, ranging from Confidential to (the very occasional) Top Secret

Dates

  • Creation: 25 October 1944-23 February 1945

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