STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2740, sig. 109-14/43 Page 194 · 194 of 329
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2740, sig. 109-14/43
English Translation
The Greeks have decided to resist and will win. It is assumed that the uprising will be orchestrated by the former Minister of the Interior. Italy is trying to mobi- lish Albania for this war. But the people are opposed. The gendarmes, who were to deliver the orders, have joined the insurgents. The young men flee into the mountains. Romania's refugees in Greece volunteer to join the Greek army to fight against the common enemy, which was not possible for them in their home country due to the surrender of the government. Roosevelt today announced in a speech that England had asked for the intention to order the delivery of more l2,oo aircraft at the American aircraft plants. Roosevelt explained that this request is granted according to all probability. If the order for these l2.ooo machines accepted ird, the U.S. will have to deliver a total of 26 ooo aircraft to England. The British Air Force conducted successful air attacks against 9 important ital. bases in Libya. All British aircraft returned from these flights. Especially great damage was caused in Tobruk and El Gubi. Last night the hostile activity over England was not great. In some places houses were hit, but the damage was not considerable. Sawads and losses were particularly small in the London area. Yesterday 9 German and 5 British machines were shot down over England. A brit. The Roman radio returned a message from the Japanese press, according to which Japan signed a treaty with France allowing Japanese troops to use the railway through French Indochina. Workers' Patty issued a resolution condemning the cowardly attack of Italy on Greece and reassures the Greek Albanian people that it stands by its side with its heroic viderstend against paschism and Nazism. SENDER LONDON_/German/: 20618 Sir Philip Jubert? was appointed a new air marshal. He explained: The German Air Force seems to have realized that during the day it cannot penetrate inland if it is not strongly protected. Now large quantities of aircraft are used at night. The hunters fly very high, about lo.ooo m. In military terms, this action cannot bring about a decision, it is more a matter of making our own hunters and people nervous. The Nazis explain that we have to endure far more than -3-