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On Fri. 26 Jul 1940 Joachim von Ribbentrop was updated by German agent.....

1940-07-26

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Joachim von Ribbentrop was updated by German agents in Spain and Portugal regarding the attempt to dissuade the Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, from leaving for the Bahamas.

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