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(Untitled), 09 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/25/58-60

Scope and Contents

Letter from R Noel Cripps to 1st Lord Beaverbrook [Minister of State, earlier Max Aitken] urging a bombing campaign to destroy Italian communications; details which power stations and railway lines to target, possibly using fifth columnists; refers to dynamite laid in La Poretta tunnel by Captain Piercy in 1935 which was never detonated; includes filing note. [Typescript copy].

Dates

  • Creation: 09 May 1941

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Open

Language of Materials

English

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