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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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1/3/1944
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