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

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Division Kxik IV Strictly confidential! Group Broadcasting Only for personal radio and light service Use of service! In own responsibility 91!T/40 immediately to destroy! Prif.- Nr. /§ 353c, RStGB/ .a.d B e r i c h t e of 29 October l940. 1.410.00 SENDER TOKex LONDON /Czech/: For 24 hours the Greek troops have held the Greek-Albanian Brenze. The Greek High Command's semi-official communiqué reads: During the whole of yesterday's day, the enemy troops attacked our positions. However, our turps kept their positions. feeding yesterday, several cities were unsuccessfully attacked by the Italians. In a city in Epirus, two women were killed. Other reports say that the Italians have occupied 2 Greek border cities. The Greeks have gone through heavy counterattacks and have broken through the enemy defense lines in several places. It is said that gte éd invaded one place several kilometers deep into Albania! The report that there were fleet-grabbing hits near the coast is not confirmed. In Rome it is explained that the Greeks are allowed to surrender for the time being and that the correct attack is only beginning vird. To the bombing of Athens is explained in Kaito: Historically and archeologically Athens means only a little less than Rome. The success of the bombings on Athens can only be caused by retaliatory attacks on Rome. In Albania the state of war was imposed. The Albanians fought against the Italians. Between the Turkish and the British government there were discussions about the attitude Turkey is adopting to the conflict in Greece. The Turkish Foreign Minister received the British and the Greek ambassador yesterday. In Turkey, it is stated that it does not take any steps, as long as Greece does not seek help, which has not yet happened. In London's diplomatic circles it is stated that England will support Greece to the greatest extent, yet the surrender of France has brought further difficulties to England. For understandable reasons, one cannot say what kind of a nation the British government is doing. Minister of War Eden has returned to Cairo, where he spent several days in the western desert. On his trip he visited the camps of the British and the Australian Air Force. The members of this air force have now completed their training. 2-