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(Untitled), [12] [Sep] [1944]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/257/42-43

Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC [Quebec, Canada] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] and Foreign Secretary [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon] marked "From: Octagon" and "Gunfire No. 86" and "Personal and Top Secret" referring to their "Cordite No. 122" and commenting on the increased pay scheme [for servicemen fighting against Japan after the end of the war in Europe], the movement of troops to the East including for "Dracula" [proposed Allied attack on the Rangoon area, Burma, later Myanmar], the reallocation of manpower, and the timing of these announcements. [Copy; with later minor annotations].

Dates

  • Creation: [12] [Sep] [1944]

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown copyright

Extent

2 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English