STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1746, sig. 109-4/1501 Page 108 · 108 of 283
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1746, sig. 109-4/1501
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- 4 - t0V have already left Vichy. Lo n d o n - English. Ital. News shows that the supply situation of the Italian troops in Af ika is extremely bad. The supplies were from the beginning only for one year. In between, however, they have been severely damaged by the British air raids, moreover, the brit. In the Mediterranean, it was almost impossible for the Htaöieners to fill up these supplies. The supplies reached the country only by drop. Moreover, the supplies that were here in the Jui had not reached the target level. It is said that the situation for the troops became extremely detailed if they did not succeed until the lead year to get rid of the British pressure. The situation of this army is of the greatest concern to the government. Overview of damage caused in Germany in recent times by British air raids. Hamburg: The attacks of the l5. and l6.d.ll. were the most violent since the beginning of the war. 6 factories were destroyed, an important railway station was damaged, the shipyards of Blom and Voss suffered enormous damage, the losses to the dead and wounded were very large. In other attacks, 2 nearly completed destroyers were severely damaged. Berlin: The Siemens-Verke vurden was so badly damaged that part of the workforce was temporarily jobless and was placed on half-borrowing. A large part of this plant was completely shut down. Bergmann A.G. was damaged so badly that it had to completely stop the operation. Szczecin: A German and a Finnish ship were sunk in attacks on the port. Storage sheds and buildings were hit at Dock 2, a station at the port was severely damaged. Serious damage in a Stajlwerk. 60% of the coal produced in the Ruhr region cannot be transported as a result of the interruption of the connections. Minister of War Stimpson announced that the Ministry of War had asked the Committee to determine the order in the deliveries to stop the expansion of vin aviation lines for business purposes, so that the factories could concentrate on the production of military aircraft for England. - The committee "Help for England" has published a manifesto calling for the abolition of all import restrictions for England. Furthermore, it is demanded that American merchant ships be able to transport the goods to England and that more ships be released for export in the Atlantic Ocean. The president is to use his legal powers to mobilise the entire industrial resources of the country to increase the production of war. - The reports of most of the Anerican newspapers clearly show that the American public is increasingly benevolent towards the granting of loans to England. - 5 -