THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2740, sig. 109-14/43

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Division Kulutrpolitik Rundfunk - und Helldienst Strictly confidential! Only for personal use of service! .78..40. Destroy on its own responsibility to test no. /§ 353 c RStGB/. B e r i ch te of October 7th l940. $αd .1410.40. SENDER LONDON /Czech/: German İruppen began to cross the border today. Several trains with troops and members of the Luftwaffe have already travelled through Hungary to Romania. Further transports are still expected. After all the relevant requests were answered negatively all morning, this step was given in the afternoon of Berlin. and called a preventive measure. Marshal Tymoshenko took off maneuvers in the Leningrad military district. Yesterday, the three-day ebbs against air raids in Leningrad were ended. The political rapporteur of the Press Association reports: It is hardly doubtable that Churchill will soon announce the reopening of the Burma Strait for supplies to China. The agreement with Japan expires on l8.l0. The American government is likely to be informed of this step in England, as the policies of the two countries are moving parallel in the Far East. Colonel Knox, Secretary of the American Navy, has today made preparations for strategic measures with the Commander-in-Chief @@r american. Fleet Admiral Richardson, who was recalled from the Pacific last week. In Tokyo, the Foreign Minister declared: "The fact of signing by Japan does not mean that Japan wants to participate in the war." The German Air Force tried five times in vain today to break through the defense of London. About 450 German machines were used today. They were driven apart, so far 1 2 machines were shot down. Only twice did the Germans manage to cross London's city with a few planes. Only a few bombs were bombed. 8 British hunters are missing. In Sputhport ? the annual congress of the British workers' union was opened today. All workers are determined to endure the war until victory. The unions have taken on all the dangers of the war. "We have come to know the cruelty ... of our opponent, it will only strengthen our determination no such thing. We will not let ourselves be terrified or shaken. We know how the defeated countries should be enslaved and exploited xerxkxtx. We are aware that our freedom is at stake and the hopes of many people are directed towards our victory. We will bear all the burdens because we want to remain free men and women. /Thus explains the chairman/. The authority of the trade unions will be strengthened after the war. In the difficult years that lie before us will reap the fruits tixgen. . -2-