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From Archivist General
To M
22nd November 1991

Dear Ma'am,
The following files have come to our attention under the 50 year rule. They detail a little known incident around Lympne in December 1941 and what is likely to be the only recorded deliberate armed landing in Great Britain by German Troops in the last war.

I feel the following papers are historically important, show us in a positive light withough neccesserily doing the same to either our colleagues across the river or to the Admiralty. The only issue I can see is that it has the potential to damage the psyche of the nation by removing the blanket that we are, or were impervious to invasion. I believe this to be marginal.

It is worth noting that while the American debacle at Slapton Sands became public knowledge, this, through a combination of luck and careful management, did not.
I await your guidance on this matter.

Your faithful servant,
R
This was the note attached to one of the most unusual files to be released under the freedom of information act in the last few years, the only known armed raid by Nazi forces on mainland Britain.

Quote:
NAZI INVASION LASTED ONE DAY
BEACH TOWELS STAYED LONGER
Headline from The Sun Newspaper August 3rd 1993
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