STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2740, sig. 109-14/43 Page 202 · 202 of 329
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2740, sig. 109-14/43
English Translation
-2 - 193 The Greek army report now tells us that the Greek troops failed a large-scale Italian offensive: In the Phlorina section, after overcoming the opposing resistance, our troops advanced 5 km deep into Albanian territory. We took strong positions. 9 officers and 153 men were captured, as well as l5o horses and mules were captured. At the Epirus front fierce artillery fighting. The British Ministry of Aviation reports of violent air attacks by the British Air Force on Berlin last night. Other objectives were: the plants for the production of synthetic fuels in lagdeburg and Gelsenkirchen, a factory near Gelsenkirk, the Kruppwerke in Egsen, a railway junction near Osnabrück, l5 airfields in the occupied area and the gun positions near Cape Grinez. Daily Eypress brings a report from Stockholm, according to which the Germans tried to get the meterological statistics into their hands in *rönland. The Germans had found that they did not receive enough meterological reports for their air force, since the Norwegians and Danes working in Greenland understandably did not make much effort to prove their service to the Germans. The Germans therefore equipped a voli armed ex- pedition from So Mann to frkezkexiuutx Greenland, which was commissioned either to occupy the existing 5 stations, or to establish new states. However, the expedition was sighted and captured by the Norwegian seeiff Fritjof Nansen. The Germans surrendered without resistance. A German attempt to seize Grönlanis would, of course, have the most serious repercussions, since the U.S.A. has made it clear that they are interested in Greenland as the outpost of the Western Hamisphere. News from Johannesburg says that the Dutch are using the stork to get news to South Africa. Farmers in South Africa found letters addressed to the "brothers in South America" and were attached to the feet of storks. In his letters it says: "We, the people of Holland, want to tell you that the German occupation is nothing but hell." Wilkie and Roosevelt will end the election campaign by radio addresses on non-day, The Times writes that Roosevelt has better election prospects, but one cannot say that he will receive a vast majority. He was less able to take care of the Wghl campaign than Vilkie, because he was discouraged by foreign policy. Germany pursues a wrong policy against Russia by supporting the Ukrainian movement. In Prague ? a Ukrainian newspaper is published, which is strongly directed against Soviet Russia. In Krakow, a station waiting room is reserved for Ukrainians, although there are no Ukrainians. This marks the attitude of Germany. However, a part of the Ukrainians has already come up with what a rule of the Germans means and that part of Ukrainians who live in the area of Zakopane will also come up. The Italians blame the Greeks for their slow advance in Greece on the bad weather and excellent British equipment.