STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1746, sig. 109-4/1501 Page 135 · 135 of 283
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1746, sig. 109-4/1501
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134 Division IV Strictly confidential! Radio group Only for the personal radio and light service. Use of service! /0811140 Jn own responsibility Test no. to destroy! ( § 353 c RSTGB ). B e r i c h t e vom l8. Noember l94o. p'n'F Lond on - English. l.0g4.40 The well-known americ. radio speaker Morrow spoke on the London radio about the brit. Air raids: The British air raids on Germany on Saturday were the most interesting news of the day. These attacks are proof that the impact and strength of the British bombers is constantly growing. The attacks on the German channels prove how good the British are. Fighter aircraft command knows about the German plans, after which they use the channels to relieve the railways, because they hope that the channels are less vulnerable than the railway lines. Jn of today's night the enemy aviation activity over England was low. During yesterday's day 14 enemy machines were shot down over England. On the English side, 5 hunting machines were lost, and 4 of the pilots are in safety. The number of people killed by the German air raid in Coventry so far exceeds 25o. However, it is feared that more dead will be found. American correspondents found words of warmest appreciation for the courage and attitude of the population and for the speed with which the necessary steps were taken for the population concerned. The attack on Coventry proves that the English rule the airspace by day and that the Germans can still drop their bombs at night where they would like to. New-York Times: The barberie of the Germans is clearly expressed when you hear the snatching Nazi propa ganda rushing around the ruins of the city and shouting that this would be the leader's revenge. The effect of the attack on the US was the conviction that no means of defence that the US could give to England should be retained and that no effort that the USA could make to put an end to these atrocities was too great. Report of the British Air Force from Cairo: Attacks on Brindisi: Fires at the station, airfield and oil tanks. Attacks on Benghazi and Tobruk in Libya and attacks on Massaua and Diredaua in Abyssinia. All machines returned except for a reconnaissance machine. Ber griech, army report reports that the fights continue on the whole front. At the Epirus front and in the mountains east of Koritza the fight is the most violent. Some elevations of great strategic importance in the Koritza section were taken. Ital. prisoners were made again, guns, mine-throwers and other war material captured. From Athens it is officially reported that the Greeks are now fighting in the middle front section on Albanian territory. All -2