Monthly Archives: August 2012

29.8.42

Advert in pub for pick-me-up tablets – phenacetin or something of the kind: – BLITZ Thoroughly recommended by the Medical Profession The “LIGHTNING” Marvellous discovery Millions take this remedy For Hangover                                 War Nerves Influenza                                 Headache Toothache                                 Neuralgia … Continue reading

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27.8.42

Ban on the daily Worker lifted. [1] [It is to reappear on Sept 7th (same day as Churchill makes his statement to Parliament.] [German radio again alleging S.C. Bose is in Penang. But the indications are that this was a … Continue reading

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25.8.42

One of the many rumours circulating among Indians here is that Nehru, Gandhi and others have been deported to South Africa. This is the kind of thing that results from press censorship and suppressing newspapers.

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22.8.42

D[avid] A[stor] very damping about the Dieppe raid, which he saw at more or less close quarters and which he says was an almost complete failure except for the very heavy destruction of German fighter planes, which was not part … Continue reading

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19.8.42

Big Commando raid on Dieppe today. Raid was still continuing this evening. Just conceivably the first step in an invasion, or a try-out for the first step, though I don’t think so. The warning that was broadcast to the French … Continue reading

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18.8.42

From George Kopp’s [1] last letter from Marseilles (after some rigmarole about the engineering work he has been doing): “…I am about to start production on an industrial scale. But I am not at all certain that I shall actually … Continue reading

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14.8.42

Horrabin was broadcasting today, and as always we introduced him as the man who drew maps for Well’s Outline of History and Nehru’s Glimpses of World History. [1] This had been extensively trailed and advertised beforehand, Horrabin’s connection with Nehru … Continue reading

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