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Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs., Vol. 1. and the Staff Manual respectively Title pages will be prepared in manuscript.

WAR DIARY
or
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Army Form C.2118
Unit: 9 Brit Inf Bde
Month and Year: September 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Brig. G.D. Browne
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
28 0650 A further six deserters from 489 bn handed themselves over to 2 Lincolns and were quickly sent to Di. Any hopes that these were the first results of a successful propaganda stunt were dashed to the ground by their asserting they had heard nothing of the broadcast and had planned to desert some time before. This confirms that the propaganda van was out of effective range of speech.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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