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... reached the Rumanian frontier , bearing Rumanian transit visas on passports containing Bolivian destination visas , had been turned back following British pressure on Rumanian Foreign Minister Celinescu . This did not prevent some of ...
... reached the Rumanian frontier , bearing Rumanian transit visas on passports containing Bolivian destination visas , had been turned back following British pressure on Rumanian Foreign Minister Celinescu . This did not prevent some of ...
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... reached us . Miraculously we immediately acquired half a ton of explosives . Giddy completed the miracles . He built the famous " barrel , " the barrel on wheels which one morning catapulted from an armoured car ( the first of its type ...
... reached us . Miraculously we immediately acquired half a ton of explosives . Giddy completed the miracles . He built the famous " barrel , " the barrel on wheels which one morning catapulted from an armoured car ( the first of its type ...
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... reached them , they disarmed him and put him in the guardroom with the others . The truck sped towards the gate amid a growing hail of bullets . The gate was reached and passed . Our " guards " flung themselves on to it . Every one was ...
... reached them , they disarmed him and put him in the guardroom with the others . The truck sped towards the gate amid a growing hail of bullets . The gate was reached and passed . Our " guards " flung themselves on to it . Every one was ...
Contents
THE GATEWAY TO FREEDOM | 1 |
LAND OF OUR FATHERS | 12 |
AU REVOIR IN FREEDOM | 23 |
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