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

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142 -2 Attacks are becoming more and more violent and important German Jndustrie centres, villages thousands of km away from the British bases, are regularly attacked. - There are no indications that the now completely complete penetration of Romania by the Germans and the ongoing penetration of Bulgaria, will intimidate the Greek or Turkish government. - The Turkish Prime Minister received the Russian ambassador in Ankara yesterday. The Turkish Chief of Staff attended the meeting - the Russian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Molotov received the Turkish Ambassador yesterday. - The Turkish press continues to strike a tone of indignation against German action. - The streets of New York and other American cities resonated with the marching of the newly recruited recruits for the first time since World War II. Entry into the tribal roles was carried out smoothly. The process showed how quickly the forces of the USA could be mobilized for the war operation. To reopen the Bårma road: Thousands of trucks loaded with war material for China, expect the opening of the road The Japanese press reports that the brit. It is reported from the Balkans that the German Flak units have set up in north-western Bulgaria to identify all aircraft flying towards the Romanian oil fields. - The following Czech reports were very disturbed and could only be taken up in fragments or not at all, the report mentions a large food shortage in the protectorate. Special deficiency in the potato allocation. Although the Deutscha spoke of potato deliveries from the Reich, this happened only from propaganda considerations and the quantities delivered were so small that they did not have any influence on the market. The same applies to fruit and vegetables. The German declarations that there would be plenty of such goods are absolutely not true. A lecture followed, which could be ascertained as far as possible from the fragments that were to be taken up, about the reopening of the Burma road. However, the meaning of the lecture could not be understood. Neutral press reports about the destruction of the Italian ships before Sicily. Annihilation of a German escort train and about the British attack on Dunkirchen. - Alle brit. Warships involved in the naval battle have again arrived in Alexandria among them also the cruiser " Liverpool ", which was hit by an Italian air torpedo after the meeting in the Mediterranean on the return trip to Alexandria!