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  • JAPANESE MURDER SIKH PRISONERS: CAPTURED ATROCITY PICTURES, C. 17 SEPTEMBER 1945 JAPANESE MURDER SIKH PRISONERS: CAPTURED ATROCITY PICTURES, C. 17 SEPTEMBER 1945

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    This set of four atrocity pictures was found among Japanese records when British troops entered Singapore. The pictures clearly show the inhuman brutality practised by the Japanese upon their helpless prisoners. Picture shows:- This shows Japanese...

  • THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945 THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

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    Arnhem 17 - 25 September 1944: British paratroops of the 1st (British) Airborne Division in their aircraft during the flight to Arnhem. They had the toughest assignment of the operation, the capture of the bridge over the Neder Rijn at Arnhem. Although...

  • BRITISH PARATROOPS ON WAY TO LAND IN HOLLAND, 17 SEPTEMBER 1944 BRITISH PARATROOPS ON WAY TO LAND IN HOLLAND, 17 SEPTEMBER 1944

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    British paratroops inside a C-47 transport plane to land with the First Allied Airborne Army on enemy-held Holland.

  • BRITISH ADMINISTRATION RESTORED IN THE GILBERT ISLANDS, C. 8 NOVEMBER 1944 BRITISH ADMINISTRATION RESTORED IN THE GILBERT ISLANDS, C. 8 NOVEMBER 1944

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    Picture taken in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, a group of British Islands in the Micronesia Pacific Ocean, now restored to British administration after occupation by the Japanese. In November 1943, American troops launched a seaborne...

  • BRITISH ADMINISTRATION RESTORED IN THE GILBERT ISLANDS, C. 8 NOVEMBER 1944 BRITISH ADMINISTRATION RESTORED IN THE GILBERT ISLANDS, C. 8 NOVEMBER 1944

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    Picture taken in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, a group of British Islands in the Micronesia Pacific Ocean, now restored to British administration after occupation by the Japanese. In November 1943, American troops launched a seaborne...

  • BRITISH TROOPS OF THE FIRST ALLIED AIRBORNE ARMY WHO LANDED IN HOLLAND, BRITAIN, 17 SEPTEMBER 1944 BRITISH TROOPS OF THE FIRST ALLIED AIRBORNE ARMY WHO LANDED IN HOLLAND, BRITAIN, 17 SEPTEMBER 1944

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    British paratroopers line up to board the C-47 transport aircraft.

  • SCHOOLGIRLS IN CEYLON HELP IN FOOD PRODUCTION, C. 1945 SCHOOLGIRLS IN CEYLON HELP IN FOOD PRODUCTION, C. 1945

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    Competitions and prizes have encouraged the schoolgirls of Ceylon in their efforts to increase food production. Picture shows:- Prize-winners in the Pavilion.

  • SOUTH CARIBBEAN FORCE LEAVES WEST INDIES FOR ACTIVE SERVICE, C. 23 OCTOBER 1944 SOUTH CARIBBEAN FORCE LEAVES WEST INDIES FOR ACTIVE SERVICE, C. 23 OCTOBER 1944

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    Picture shows:- Soldiers of the South Caribbean Force drink a cheery toast before leaving Trinidad, British West Indies, for some active war zone overseas.

  • TONGAN HEROES RECEIVE BRITISH AND AMERICAN DECORATIONS, 1944 TONGAN HEROES RECEIVE BRITISH AND AMERICAN DECORATIONS, 1944

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    Sergeant Jione Inukiha Agana and Private Simotevea Mahe of Tonga, receiving awards of the United States Silver Star from Major General C F Thompson, South Pacific Command. A few minutes previously they had both received the British Military Medal from Mr...

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945 ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945

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    De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth, operating in the air ambulance role, prepares to evacuate a wounded Askari of the 11th East African Division, from a forward airstrip in Central Burma.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945 ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945

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    RAF reinforcements gathered at a transit camp in Singapore, following the Japanese invasion of Malaya.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945 ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945

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    Bristol Blenheim Mark IVs taxying out for an air-test after assembly at Tengah, Singapore, following their urgent shipment to the theatre.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945 ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945

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    Twelve Brewster Buffalo Mark Is of No. 243 Squadron RAF, based at Kallang, Singapore, in flight over the Malayan jungle in in formations of three, accompanied by a Bristol Blenheim Mark IV of No, 34 Squadron RAF (lower right), based at Tengah.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945. ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945.

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    Consolidated Catalina Mark Is of No. 205 Squadron RAF undergoing servicing in their hangar at Seletar, Singapore. One of the Squadron's Short Singapore Mark IIIs, which type the Catalina was replacing, can be seen on the right.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945 ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945

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    Brewster Buffalo Mark Is for the re-equipment of Nos. 21 and 453 Squadrons RAAF, being inspected by RAF personnel at Sembawang, Singapore.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945 ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945

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    A Consolidated Catalina Mark I of No. 205 Squadron RAF taxies past another aircraft of the Squadron moored in the Strait of Johore off Seletar, Singapore.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945 ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945

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    A Consolidated Catalina Mark I of No. 205 Squadron RAF, being launched from the slipway at Seletar, Singapore, by local Malayan handlers.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945 ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945

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    Bristol Blenheim Mark Is of No. 62 Squadron RAF, flying in formation over Tengah, Singapore, on departing for their new base at Alor Star, Malaya.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945 ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945

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    Bristol Blenheim Mark Is of No. 62 Squadron RAF lined up at Tengah, Singapore, before flying north to their new base at Alor Star, Malaya.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945 ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945

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    Bristol Blenheim Mark Is of No. 62 Squadron lined up at Sembawang, Singapore. Brewster Buffaloes of Nos. 21 or 453 Squadrons RAAF can be seen in the background.

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945 ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1939-1945

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    Bristol Blenheim Mark I, L1134 'PT-F', of No. 62 Squadron RAF, taxying in front of a line of Brewster Buffaloes at Sembawang, Singapore, as another section of Buffaloes flys over the airfield. It was in L1134 that Squadron Leader A S K Scarf and his...

  • THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939-1945 THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939-1945

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    Prelude 1939 - 8 December 1941: Men of the Singapore Local Defence Corps in 1941. The Corps, a local 'Home Guard', reflected the cosmopolitan nature of Singapore's civilian population. The photograph shows Chinese, British, French, Dutch and Czech...

  • THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939-1945 THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939-1945

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    Prelude 1939 - 8 December 1941: An Indian gun crew man one of Hong Kong's 9.2 inch coastal defence guns shortly before the Japanese invasion.

  • THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939-1945 THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939-1945

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    Liberation and Repatriation August - September 1945: Major General C M Maltby (centre), General Officer Commanding Hong Kong at the time of the Japanese attack in 1942, seen talking to United States Military Police on his arrival at Chungking airport,...

  • "V" BACKED BY A MILLION SOLDIERS, SINGAPORE, C. 1 DECEMBER 1941

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    He gives the "V" sign from the port-hole of a ship as he arrives at Singapore - and his "V" is backed by a million Indian troops and the rest of the Empire as well.

  • AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES IN SINGAPORE, C. 6 NOVEMBER 1941 AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES IN SINGAPORE, C. 6 NOVEMBER 1941

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    Thousands of Australian troops arrived in Singapore recently to reinforce the already strong defences. All arms of the service are represented including infantry, artillery, army service corps, engineering and field ambulance. The convoy which...

  • EAST AFRICA PIONEERS BACK HOME AFTER MIDDLE EAST SERVICE, C. 6 APRIL 1943 EAST AFRICA PIONEERS BACK HOME AFTER MIDDLE EAST SERVICE, C. 6 APRIL 1943

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    Men of the African Auxiliary Pioneer Corps arriving home on leave after service in the Middle East were met by six chiefs from Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika. Picture shows:- Mr A J Cox, Resident of Buganda, hearing from Goswa Kasaja of Bugwere,...

  • INDIAN LIGHT ARMOURED SQUADRON ON PATROL IN THE EGYPTIAN DESERT, 1942 INDIAN LIGHT ARMOURED SQUADRON ON PATROL IN THE EGYPTIAN DESERT, 1942

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    When the wireless and the Press state that "our Light Columns harrassed the enemy flank", they are often referring to Indian patrols, which cover many hundreds of miles during their sorties. A day's activities during an Indian desert patrol. Picture...

  • EAST AFRICAN SOLDIERS LEARN BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, C. 29 OCTOBER 1943 EAST AFRICAN SOLDIERS LEARN BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION, C. 29 OCTOBER 1943

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    Picture from East African Command showing East African Engineers learning to assemble and fix in position a box girder bridge. Picture shows:- Askaris carrying 16 feet box girder section weighing half a ton, into position on launching rollers.

  • EAST AFRICAN TROOPS LEAVE FOR SERVICE IN INDIA AND CEYLON, C. 27 OCTOBER 1943 EAST AFRICAN TROOPS LEAVE FOR SERVICE IN INDIA AND CEYLON, C. 27 OCTOBER 1943

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    Picture taken at an East African port, where East African troops were embarking for service in India and Ceylon. Picture shows:- Askaris embarking on the troopship.

  • FLIGHT LIEUTENANT HENRI JEAN SAUVAGE, DFC, C. 21 OCTOBER 1943 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT HENRI JEAN SAUVAGE, DFC, C. 21 OCTOBER 1943

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    Henri Jean Sauvage born at Mahe, Seychelles, on 9 February 1919. In 1939, he joined the Royal Air Force. He was awarded the DFC in February 1942. He was then a Flying Officer, member of Rhodesia Squadron.

  • ARTILLERY SHOOT - NAIVASHA, KENYA, C. 4 MAY 1944 ARTILLERY SHOOT - NAIVASHA, KENYA, C. 4 MAY 1944

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    Loading a 25 pounder.

  • HE CAME TO BRITAIN AS A STOWAWAY AND JOINED ROYAL AIR FORCE, OCTOBER 1943 HE CAME TO BRITAIN AS A STOWAWAY AND JOINED ROYAL AIR FORCE, OCTOBER 1943

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    Robert Ngbaronye, a 22 year old Nigerian, has a flair for medicine, and failing to get to America to enlarge his studies, decided to come to England for that purpose. He made the journey from West Africa without money, passport, or influence of any...

  • WEST INDIAN ISLANDS GIVE MOBILE CANTEENS TO LIVERPOOL, C. 26 OCTOBER 1943 WEST INDIAN ISLANDS GIVE MOBILE CANTEENS TO LIVERPOOL, C. 26 OCTOBER 1943

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    The British West Indian Islands of St Christopher and Nevis (of the Leeward group) have presented Liverpool with a number of mobile canteens bought with their Air Raid Distress Fund. Picture shows:- One of the mobile canteens.

  • AT AN EAST AFRICAN ARMY REPAIR BASE, C. 1943 AT AN EAST AFRICAN ARMY REPAIR BASE, C. 1943

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    Picture taken at an East African Electrical and Mechanical Engineering workshop. Here, army repairs of various types are carried out by African and European personnel workers. Picture shows:- An East African Electrical and Mechanical Engineers African...

  • MALARIA CONTROL IN EAST AFRICA COMMAND, C. 1945 MALARIA CONTROL IN EAST AFRICA COMMAND, C. 1945

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    22nd Mobile Malaria Section - larval seaching. Apart from the dangers to troops stationed in East Africa Command, an important part of the task of the East Africa Army Medical Corps is to train new arrivals (who may be posted to South East Asia...

  • MALARIA CONTROL IN EAST AFRICA COMMAND, C. 1945 MALARIA CONTROL IN EAST AFRICA COMMAND, C. 1945

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    22nd Mobile Malaria Section - larval seaching. Apart from the dangers to troops stationed in East Africa Command, an important part of the task of the East Africa Army Medical Corps is to train new arrivals (who may be posted to South East Asia...

  • FIJI FLYING OFFICER WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, SYRIA, C. 10 NOVEMBER 1943 FIJI FLYING OFFICER WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, SYRIA, C. 10 NOVEMBER 1943

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    Flying Officer Maurice Scott of Fiji, serving in Syria with the Royal Air Force, with his Special Long Range Fighter, the Flying Fijian. "Maleka Jan" is a colloquial expression meaning "Good Luck".

  • AT AN EAST AFRICAN ARMY REPAIR BASE, C. 29 OCTOBER 1943 AT AN EAST AFRICAN ARMY REPAIR BASE, C. 29 OCTOBER 1943

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    Picture taken at an East African Electrical and Mechanical Engineers workshop. Here, army repairs of various types are carried out by African and European personnel workers. Picture shows:- Testing electrical equipment on the work bench.

  • INDIAN ARMOURED CORPS IN MIDDLE EAST, C. 15 MARCH 1944 INDIAN ARMOURED CORPS IN MIDDLE EAST, C. 15 MARCH 1944

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    The fame of the old Indian Cavalry Regiments is known throughout the world. They have always been splendid horsemen, and fine fighting soldiers. These regiments still exist bearing their famous names and traditions, but newly equipped for modern...

  • THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST: THE BURMA CAMPAIGN 1941-1945 THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST: THE BURMA CAMPAIGN 1941-1945

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    The Retreat into India: Electrical equipment at the Yenangyaung oilfields being destroyed as part of the 'scorched earth' policy pursued by the British in the face of the Japanese advance.

  • KENYA SUPPLIES BACON FOR MIDDLE EAST TROOPS, C. 8 OCTOBER 1942 KENYA SUPPLIES BACON FOR MIDDLE EAST TROOPS, C. 8 OCTOBER 1942

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    The expanding Uplands Bacon Factory in Kenya can now handle 500 pigs weekly. Half of its total bacon produce is packed in wooden cases and dried salt, to save refrigeration space, and exported to the Army in the Middle East. Both dry and tank...

  • THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY 1948-1960 THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY 1948-1960

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    An anti-Communist demonstration in a Malayan town. General Sir Gerald Templer, High Commissioner and Director of Operations, Federation of Malaya, seized the political initiative soon after taking office in 1952 by promising early elections to the...

  • THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY 1948-1960 THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY 1948-1960

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    A watch tower manned by the Malayan Home Guard protects a railway bridge from sabotage by Communist guerrillas.

  • A WARSHIP OF THE INDIAN NAVY ON SICILY CONVOY, C. 7 SEPTEMBER 1943 A WARSHIP OF THE INDIAN NAVY ON SICILY CONVOY, C. 7 SEPTEMBER 1943

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    A warship of HM Indian Navy taking a convoy of transports and a tanker across to reinforce Allied troops in Sicily preparatory to their assault on the mainland of Europe. Escorted by the Royal Navy and the Royal Indian Navy all arrive safely....

  • MALTA GUNNER WINS MILITARY MEDAL, C. 1943 MALTA GUNNER WINS MILITARY MEDAL, C. 1943

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    On several occasions between 3 April 1942 and 11 April 1942, a Heavy Anti-Aircraft position was heavily bombed when Sergeant J Camilleri, of the 11th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Malta Artillery, was acting as Gun Position officer. His...

  • PRITAM SINGH - ONE OF KENYA'S SPECIALIST INDIAN REPAIR WORKERS, KENYA, C. 28 SEPTEMBER 1942 PRITAM SINGH - ONE OF KENYA'S SPECIALIST INDIAN REPAIR WORKERS, KENYA, C. 28 SEPTEMBER 1942

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    Pritam Singh, a young Sikh volunteer, who has distinguished himself in the highly skilled technical work of motor repairing and engineering. Since being taken on by a Kenya local transport company, he has been up-graded and is regarded as one of...

  • AN AFRICAN VILLAGER JOINS THE PIONEERS, EAST AFRICA, C. 13 SEPTEMBER 1943 AN AFRICAN VILLAGER JOINS THE PIONEERS, EAST AFRICA, C. 13 SEPTEMBER 1943

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    These pictures tell how an African villager became a Pioneer. The unit to which Kisarishu - the soldier of these pictures - belongs, the East African Pioneers, has sent many thousands of men to Ethiopia, the Middle East and Madagascar to make roads...

  • THE EXTERMINATION OF LIDICE: FIRST PICTURES, 1945 THE EXTERMINATION OF LIDICE: FIRST PICTURES, 1945

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    The entire Czech mining village of Lidice, near Kladno, was wiped out by the Germans on 11 June 1942, on suspicion of harbouring the murderers of the SS leader and butcher Heydrich. Every man in the village was shot. The women were deported to a...

  • AN AFRICAN VILLAGER JOINS THE PIONEERS, EAST AFRICA, C. 13 SEPTEMBER 1943 AN AFRICAN VILLAGER JOINS THE PIONEERS, EAST AFRICA, C. 13 SEPTEMBER 1943

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    These pictures tell how an African villager became a Pioneer. The unit to which Kisarishu - the soldier of these pictures - belongs, the East African Pioneers, has sent many thousands of men to Ethiopia, the Middle East and Madagascar to make roads...

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