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Margaret Thatcher was ready to use British troops against the Russians in a fight for the corpse of Adolf Hitler’s deputy Rudolf Hess. Foreign Office files obtained by The Mail on July 13 show that Mrs Thatcher’s Government was prepared to risk a 'frightening' Cold War showdown in order to ensure the Nazi war criminal's body was returned to his family after his death.

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