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    Aberdeen Press and Jou... - 20 January 1942

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    ElleAyton

    · 13 Mar 24

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    Navy Takes Action Clearing Up Fernando Po Mystery A BRITISH Admiralty communique last night shed fresh light on the mystery of Fernando Po, the Spanish island in the Gulf of Guinea, where one Spanish paper 'Arriba,' has been claiming for some days that a British or Allied naval force had forcibly seized a number of ships. The Berlin propaganda mischief makers were making the best of the report and claiming it as a 'fresh British aggression.' ADMIRALTY ACTION Last night's Admiralty communique states:-- 'In view of the German allegations that Allied naval forces have executed a cutting-out operation against Axis ships in the Spanish port of Santa Isabel, Fernando Po, the British Admiralty consider it necessary to state that no British or Allied warship was in the vicinity of Fernando Po at the time of the alleged incident.'

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