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that a train was to leave Athens on the 22nd
of February with high officers for Germany.
The British military mission in Greece
took measures to undermine the
track which done over a length
of 300 yards. The operation was completely
successful about 400 officers and men
including a general were killed and
others wounded. Allied casualties were
only 3. SS troops were ordered from Larissa
who surrounded the district.
The Finns have kept silence on the
terms for the armistice offered to them
by the Russians. The Finish cabinet
has however reclined an note of Agreement.
Eventually a Swedish industrialist
arranged for the terms of the armistice
to be handed to the Finish representative
by Mad. Kollontai Soviet representative
at Stockholm. It is reported that of the 7
German divisions in Finland there are 3
mountain divisions including one
SS div. The Finish army is said to be 15
divisions. Before the presentation of the
armistice terms to Finland there have been
consultations and meetings about
some by the British and Finish
governments. This afternoon a special
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