Telegram from Rahn to the German Foreign Ministry, Ident. LATS 01302 from the 14/12/1942
Date:
14.12.1942
Location:
Tunisia, שוויץ, תוניס
Personality:
Moncef Bey, Rudolf Rahn
Keyword:
German-Tunisian Relations, Tunisian diplomacy
Organization:
British forces in Tunisian, Dienststelle Rahn, German foreign ministry, Swiss Goverment
Archive:
political archive of the foreign ministry
Folder Number:
Rahn _Dec42_page 53-54
Description
Language: German
Document from the Foreign Ministry, titled “Geheime Kommandosache” containing a telegram from Rahn, containing instructions to forward an enclosed Telegram from the Swiss consul and the Bey of Tunisia to the Swiss Government (page 53). It mentions the request of the Bey to declare Tunis a “offene Stadt” (open city), which Rahn declines, reasoning that it wouldn´t prevent the continuation of british bombardments. Handwritten version enclosed.
