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

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Working Party on Cultural Affairs Strictly confidential ! Only for personal kokevotinxk radio and light service use! In own responsibility 48/. to destroy 07 ( 353 c RStGB). Verification no.... a uop se aa Reportmof 7September l940. SERDER LONDON (tShechiech): In the week ended on September 5, 371 deutache machines were destroyed over England. - The actions carried out by the British fleet during 6 days in the Kittelmeer, have made a great impression all over the world. During this whole time there can be no encounter between the British and Italian fleet. The Italian fleets. Plotte returned to the ports when the British fleet was reported at a distance of 27o km. Attacked by planes of the British Earine vurde Sardinia, the Dodecanese was bombed. Once Italian bombers tried to attack the British units, but did not score any hits against it by British hunters at least l5 of itälien. Bombers were shot down. Units were enthusiastically welcomed by the population when they arrived in Malta.- Reuter reports from Bucharest that Princess Helene, the mother of King Michael, has returned to Romania. King Card has left the country today. General Antonescu deals with the formation of a new government. Many decisive persönlickéites, including the former prime ministers Tartarescu and Argetoriamu, have been held liable.- Times praises the activity of King Carol, under whose regime the order was introduced in the country. It will only be apparent that General Antoneseu will succeed in maintaining the independence of the rest of Romania. However, it has been shown that a dictation can break night by night if it suffers a serious defeat that cannot be concealed from the people. King Carol had confidence in Germany and Germany has left him. Brit. United Press from Ankara: Other areas of Turkey have been declared war zone.- Pétain has made a reshaping of the government. Among the six members who leave the control system is General Weygand. He is now sent to Africa to bring about a convergence of the policies of the rural countries with/eere olitik von Vichy -0. It is said that from Indochina to dapesmdté it was granted to land troops at three different stables, but there must be no more than l2 ooo man in whole. The Chinese press found that the Vichy government had agreed with Indochina's march through Japanese trup- pen, but that the Indohina authorities wanted to reduce this march to a minimum.- The Chinese are strengthening their border defense and have made all preparations to interrupt the railway line from the border to the interior of the country.- TasS denied the news that Stalin had held talks with the German ambassador about a pact between Russia, Germany, Italy and Japan. It is stated that Stalin had not spoken to the German ambassadors for a long time. 2