Item PRENTICE & WICKSTEAD 3/1 - Papers (in Greek), [Jul] 1943 - Sep 1944, relating to resistance operations by the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS)

Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS) papers, in Greek, relating to the conduct of Greek resistance operations and liaison missions between ELAS 9 Div, ELAS Macedonian Corps and the Allied Military Mission, West Macedonia, Greece, 1943-1944. File includes papers relating to the 'National Bands Agreement', July 1943; undated report from the Bureau Italien Liaison concerning reports of soldiers from the 14th Regt (Pinerolo) Div collaborating with ELAS partisans in Mar 1943; ELAS information bulletin, dated 11 Jan-24 Jan 1944, written by Col Stephanos Sarafis detailing the military situation in Northern and Southern Greece, Thrace and East Macedonia, locations of German units and equipment and estimates of forthcoming German operations; letter from ELAS 9 Div Headquarters, dated 3 Apr 1944, to Allied Military Mission claiming that Ellinikos Dimokratikos Ethnikos Stratos (EDES) had violated the 29 Feb 1944 'Plaka Agreement' to combine forces; ELAS 9 Div letter of complaint, dated 4 Apr 1944, to the Allied Military Mission detailing EDES assaults on ELAS positions; ELAS memorandum, dated 1 Jun 1944, regarding the infiltration of Macedonian villages by Slav-speaking Komitatzethes (Komitaji) units; ELAS invitation, dated 8 Jun 1944, to the Allied Military Mission to attend a forthcoming dinner to honour visiting Soviet delegation; ELAS 9 Div official order, dated 26 Jun 1944, detailing British assignments in the Kozani-Kastoria region; ELAS newsletters concerning the activities of their political wing, Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo (EAM), 10-18 Jul 1944; ELAS 9 Div letter to Allied Military Mission detailing the German withdrawals towards Konitsa and Kastorias and reported casualties among partisans and civilians in the region, 14 Jul 1944; proclamation to the people of Greece calling for the destruction of alleged German collaborative forces within Panellinios Apeleftherotili Organosis (PAO) and Ellinikos Dimokratikos Ethnikos Stratos (EDES); ELAS order, dated 27 Aug 1944, for 2 Bn, 53 Regt, co-ordinated movement with the British Raiding Support Regiment (RSR) to Vermion; ELAS 9 Div document, dated 11 Sep 1944, warning Greek civilians against collaboration with pro-German factions such as Ellinikos Ethinikos Stratos (EES); ELAS 9 Div list of Allied British and American officers dated 21 Sep 1944. 45 items.