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Translated captured German documents including details from a paybook captured from German Waffen SS Pte G Klein, killed 2 Apr 1944; list of units attached to the German 1 Mountain Div, Jun 1944. 2 items.

Interim Summary reports from Capt Patrick Hutchinson Evans, commander Vitsi sub-area, Allied Military Mission, to General Headquarters, Middle East, Cairo, Egypt, mainly relating to the conduct of Operation NOAH'S ARK, operations by Allied and Greek forces during the German withdrawal from Greece, 1944, including German Army withdrawal patterns; German concentrations at Florina; the raising of 2 Bn, 28 Regt, Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS) 9 Div; and the abortive raids by the 'Gotsi detachment', in which Bulgarian-speaking soldiers from 2 Bn, 28 Regt, led by Gotsi Deltsif, joined Slav-Macedonian and Yugoslavian partisans to fight against Greek ELAS soldiers in the Vitsi area. 2 items

Papers relating to the construction of the Allied Military Mission landing ground at Grevena, including a notebook detailing expenses incurred during the reconnaissance mission to the proposed construction site; a calculation of wages required for the construction of the airfield; and, situation reports submitted by Capt Patrick Hutchinson Evans during the construction of the airfield. 1 item and 2 loose pages

Post operation report by Capt Patrick Hutchinson Evans detailing combined Allied and Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS) operations against Armenian positions at Vatokhori and interrogation procedures used against captured or deserted Armenians. 1 item.

Two copies of a full report from the Lebanon Conference, 17-20 May 1944, attended by delegates from Ellinikos Dimokratikos Ethnikos Stratos (EDES), Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS), Politiki Epitropi Ethnikis Apeleftherosis (PEEA), Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (KKE) and premier Georgis Papandreou, to discuss the proposed Greek Government of National Unity. 2 items.

Report, in Greek, from the government in Athens detailing the history of Greek partisan forces in the county of Kastoria, from the invasion of the peninsula by Italian forces, 28 Oct 1940, to 25 May 1944. Report includes population reactions to the invasion of Greece; notes on the formation and composition of Greek partisan factions, their founding members, organisation, and political allegiances; a chronological account of operations in the Kastoria region; and, notes concerning relations between the partisan factions and the local Greek population. 98 pp.

Post operation report by Capt Patrick Hutchinson Evans, commander sub-area Vitsi, codenamed FERTILISER, Allied Military Mission, West Macedonia, Greece, detailing activities 15 Sep 1943-23 Nov 1944. Report includes mention of the establishment of the Commando School at Pendalophos [Pentalophon]; relations with Allied Military Mission, Albania, and Allied Military Mission, Yugoslavia; relations with Slav-occupied Macedonia; the planning and execution of Operation NOAH'S ARK, operations by Allied and Greek forces during the German withdrawal from Greece, 1944; and relations between the Allied Military Mission and Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS). Appendices include the nominal roll of FERTILISER; an ELAS order of battle; a list of alleged atrocities committed by Komitaji and ELAS units against Greek villagers; and, a detailed account of sabotage committed against German occupation forces in West Macedonia. 1 file.

Report from Capt Patrick Hutchinson Evans, commander sub area Vitsi, concerning operations between Allied Military Mission units, the British Raiding Support Regiment, US Operational Groups, and Greek partisan forces; and the theft and misuse of Allied weaponry. 1 item.

Propaganda leaflets and newspapers, in Greek, relating to Greek partisan activity in West Macedonia, Greece, including propaganda letter addressed to Russian, Italian, Armenian and other foreign troops in service of the German Army; undated propaganda leaflets distributed by the American and British air forces urging the Greek population not to cooperate with German forces; undated leaflet issued by Panellios Apeleftherotili Organosis (PAO) and Ellinikos Dimokratikos Ethnikos Stratos (EDES) accusing the communist-oriented Politiki Epitropi Ethnikis Apeleftherosis (PEEA) and Ethniko Apeleftherotikos Metopo (EAM) of acting in collusion; undated edition of Laike Autodioikese, containing the legal and electoral practices of several political counties in Greece; one edition of Laike Phone, the Kommunistiko Komma Elladas (KKE) newspaper, with articles in memory of Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS) partisans, 17 Nov 1944. 7 items.

Detailed plan of Florina, including accompanying postcards with corresponding location key in English and Greek. 1 item.

Captured personal correspondence from German 1 Mountain Div soldiers stationed in West Macedonia, Greece. 3 items.

Policy and procedure papers including memorandum from Capt Patrick Hutchinson Evans, officer commanding Vitsi sub-area, West Macedonia, Greece, relating to the training of agents to infiltrate Kozani, Monastir (Yugoslavia), Amintaion and Ptolemaïs, 1 Apr 1944; draft of an agreement for Greek partisan personnel to provide assistance to the Allied Military Mission, 13 Apr 1944; official secrecy declaration signed by Evans on his withdrawal from the Special Operations Executive (SOE) mission in Greece, 23 Dec 1944. 5 items.

Papers relating to the publication of Lt Col Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond's article, 'The Allied Military Mission in Northwest Macedonia', Balkan Studies, Volume 32, (written in 1991, published in 1993), including material based on the papers and wireless/telegraphy messages of Maj Patrick Hutchinson Evans during his command of Vitsi sub-area, Allied Military Mission, West Macedonia, Greece, 1944. 46 pp.

Papers relating to the proposed publication of an account of Maj Patrick Hutchinson Evans's career as a Special Operations Executive (SOE) officer in West Macedonia, Greece, 1943-1944, including a partial register of Evans's papers, [2 Oct] 1943-6 May 1944; a summary of events detailing Allied Military Mission operations in West Macedonia, 15 Sep 1943-4 Jul 1944, including Evans's role as lecturer at the Commando School at Pendalophos (Pentalophon), and mention of demolition operations in West Macedonia; and, editorial material, including quotations to be used for the proposed account from Robert Standish, pseudonym of Digby George Gerahty, The Small General (Peter Davies, London, 1945). 3 items.

Papers relating to Special Operations Executive (SOE), West Macedonia, Greece, technical training, including booklet entitled A Guide to the Identification of German Units (War Office, London, 1942); Lt Patrick Hutchinson Evans's notebooks from commando training at Haifa, Palestine, [1943], detailing demolition mechanisms, first aid techniques, meteorological forecasting and explosives manufacture; memorandum from General Headquarters, Middle East, Cairo, Egypt, to sub-area commands, West Macedonia, Greece, relating to the standardisation of location reports, 12 Oct 1943; notebook containing information on weapons and ammunition, accounts management and wireless/telegraphy relay systems; list of standard operational phrases; 1:2,000,000 map of the Balkans, showing railways and roads; list from the School of Military Intelligence, War Intelligence Course, relating to the identification of German Army personnel; list of Greek locations for purposes of memorisation. 8 items.