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In March 1945, Faber and
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158:(BBO). Their mission, codenamed Necking, was to maintain radio contact with London, organize the Frisian resistance and help set up drop locations to supply the resistance fighters with arms and ammunition. Faber and Tazelaar installed themselves with radio equipment on board a yacht hidden in the
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