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Operation Mincemeat - The briefcase send to Madrid

Time: Wednesday May 5, 1943

Place: San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain

Details: On 5 May, the briefcase was passed to the naval headquarters at San Fernando near Cadiz, for forwarding to Madrid.

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