NAM.1987-03-31-1985

One of 113 papers relating to Col Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne's service and family as British Military Attache, Berlin, 1931-1933. Including: press cuttings announcing his appointment as Military Attache, 10 Apr 1932; papers relating to his attachment to the Directorate of Ordnance Factories, February 1932, including notes on munitions production and thoughts on German rearmament; letters from friends received while in Berlin; plan for dinner attended by Hermann Goering, Heinrich Himmler, and British and US ambassadors, possibly August 1933; letter from the embassy confirming his diplomatic status, August 1933; notes and mementos of winter cruise in the Mediterranean by the whole family. Associated with the German Army and the Foreign Office.