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- Creator is exactly "Italy. Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale. IV zona operativa"
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Construction of the Casoni improvised landing strip
Memorandum outlining the plans for the construction of an improvised air strip at Casoni according to a preliminary study carried out by Major John Henderson. Mentions delivery schedule, manpower needed, tools, supplies and logistics. Strict secrecy…
Equipment for partisan units
Report from Colonnello Mario Fontana to Major Gordon Lett regarding equipment needed for the partisan units, to be delivered by air drops. The list includes silencers for actions in urban areas, explosives, ammunition and items of clothing.
Equipment handed out by British servicemen to Italian partisans
Colonnello Mario Fontana reports to Major Gordon Lett about air drops and various pieces of equipment handed out by British servicemen to Italian partisans. Complains about the situation, stressing that is now impossible to tell apart what has been…
Letter of appreciation for Gordon Lett
Circular letter announcing that Major Gordon Lett has been posted elsewhere. Thanks him for his service, recaps his achievements and wishes him well.
Meeting at the Casoni drop zone
Postpones a meeting regarding the works at the Casoni drop zone and recommends strict secrecy.
Request for guerrilla warfare material
Colonnello Mario Fontana requests Captain Leng to send via air drops material for guerrilla warfare: explosive pencils ('matite esplosive'), booby traps, explosives, demolition charges for railway sabotage, plus Saint Étienne machine gun cartridges.…
Start of the construction works at the Casoni improvised landing strip
Complains that only 15 civilian labourers showed up, most of them without tools, instead of the 50 partisans expected. No tools are available.
Subsistence for the labourers at Casoni
Stresses that the Allied Mission pays 100 Lire a day to each labourer working at the Casoni improvised landing strip.