English Translation

- 2 - 101 From Norway it is reported that in several districts of the province of Mainlandet the state of siege was imposed. Numerous cases of satotage occurred. Rail traffic was disturbed by sabotage, and it is assumed that it will take several weeks before the traffic can be resumed. Also the traffic on the country roads was interrupted. German patrols on the streets and on the railroads must be strengthened. Several representatives of the Quissling Party were reported missing under unusual circumstances. In Alsace xnrtz increasing resentment because of the mass deportations of French, Die Strassburger Nachrichten report that the German authorities repeatedly insist on resistance. L8 Alsatians were brought to the concentration camp. The British Minister of National Vision Cross declared yesterday: The number of visions flying the British flag is still the same as at the beginning of the war. Except for these, 8 million more tons of space are available xnx to the Allied shipping. The negotiations on further American aid to China seem to be almost complete, Hull received the Chinese Ambassador yesterday. The Ambassador was accompanied by the Chinese financial expert Sun, The object of the talks is said to have formed the needs of China for the continuation of the war. In Washington it is reported that Germany is said to have tried to exert pressure on the Tschunking government, and to move it towards a peace agreement with Japan. Germany considers this to be an essential prelude to events in the silent ocean and hopes to withdraw America's power set from the West in this way, There is no doubt that Chiangkaishek has rejected Germany's demands, unless on the basis of China's full equality and inviolability. It is reported from Tokyo that the Japanese have taken an offensive. It has taken the Anschéin, as if this offensive was only undertaken to relieve the threatened Japanese eyesight on the Yangtze. Nomura's designation, a representative of the moderate Ridtung, as ambassador to the USA, was kindly received there. The National Savings Committee has achieved more than the planned programme. In the first year of the austerity campaign, the investment of 475 million pounds was planned, which was already exceeded by half a million pounds. British Post Minister S.W. Morrison announced that during the Weihnechtswoche l5o extra trains will be stopped and more than 4ooo buses will be used alone for the transport of mail. These measures are in contrast to the Reich, where postal and rail transport are restricted for the Christmas season. Ankara Radio on the moves of German diplomacy: It seems that Germany's plan to unite Europe, in order to use it as an ances against England, has failed. - 3 -