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

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Division IV Strictly confidential! Group Broadcasting Only for personal broadcasting and Helldienat. Use of service! Jn own responsibility 0 to destroy! Prilfnr. / § 353 c RSTGB /. 的.d.d Reports of 23 October 1940. /./040 L o n d o n - cschechiach. The correspondent of the Aftonbladet describes the terrible attacks on Berlin during the last night. "The horrors of this night aind with nothing to hide." News from Bucharest from a neutral side: The city is darkened. The population is very angry about the latest turbulence in the country. Apart from the darkening and air alarm there was a strong rise in prices. So iat e.g. Bread and soog become more expensive The farmers are angry because they receive only l/4 of the prices obtained in the shops. The reason for the remorse is to look for the fact that the soldiers and beants of that day buy up or seize everything and then send it home into the kingdom, the Gestapo has already taken up its activity everywhere and one leaves no doubt to the Romanian people that it has lost its predilection. However, there are signs that the resistance is growing. A General of the Reserve was arrested because he issued a manifesto in which the encounter was attacked. The police are concerned about a secret channel that attacks the government because of its Powdschaft to the axis and speaks out against the presence of German troops. - A large ruminian dairy, which was to deliver milk to Germany, was set on fire by its owner, because he did not want this, The correspondent of the Daily Mail, who has just returned from Romania, reports that there are signs that below: the leadership of some less honest personalities, a revelte prepared. In Bulgaria, too, the German Binflusa is already making itself felt. People want to incite the people against the government. King Boris is already attacked by Germany in press and radio because of his neutrality policy. 5 Cairo is reporting on all this calm. Eden has ended his journey through Palestine. He will have in Transjorda- nen calculations with the Emir Abdullah. The subject of this consultation will be joint action against Jtalia. An Arabic newspaper writes that England is determined to attack in the Middle East and that its victory there is just as safe as at home. The Canadian Governor General will continue his journey from Rooßevelt to New York. Chinese victories will be reported from the Far East ... The Swedish newspaper "Tages Nyheter" writes that the opening of the Burma Strait is proof that the three-power pact has lost its purpose as a threat against England. It does not mean that Japan is going to engage in a war against Britain. Jn Prankreich will be exposed to more secret organizations against the Vichy government. I29 raids were carried out in the Loire Department alone and many people were arrested. -2-