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Division IV Strictly confidential! Radio group Only for personal broadcasting and light duty. Use of service! To destroy one's own responsibility! ( § 353 c RSTGB ). B e r i c h t e of 16 and 17 November 194o. 16.11.1940: L o n d o n - English. Yesterday, over England l8 enemy and 2 British machines were shot down. Last week the Germans lost 71 aircraft over England. The English lost 6 hunting planes and only three pilots. During the attacks of the British Air Force on Koritza and its surroundings a motor vehicle column was hit. The Jtalieners suffered heavy losses. A farmhouse, which served as a general staff quarters and in front of which many cars parked, was smashed, Over the bridge near the A Ochrida lake marched just during the attack ital. Reinforcements. They also suffered heavy losses. The last Greek army report speaks of lively Jnfanterie, artillery and air activity along the whole front. About 7oo prisoners were taken and lo guns were captured. The Greek Air Force fired three Italian machines. Jtal. troops were attacked by the Greek Airforce. 2 Greek machines did not return. Roosevelt issued a decree yesterday extending the aeric neutrality law to the war between Greece and Jtalia. The Mediterranean area has already been closed for US shipping. The Yugoslav city of Monatir was bombed again yesterday night by 7 laschins whose nationality could not be determined. There were no losses. The machines were taken under heavy flak fire, after they had dropped 6 bombs, they flew away in a western direction. In a speech in Tafantf, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Motor Company promised his Canadian listeners, as England will receive as much aircraft as it may need in a year or at the latest in 1 l/2 years. The U.S. Jndustrie will soon be able to meet all the requirements imposed on it by both the US Defence Authorities and those of England. Official communiqué of the British Air Force: The hostile air attacks on London last night were particularly violent. The heavy ground defense forced the attackers to operate at a high altitude, so that target-proof bombs were impossible. Bopben were thrown off in many parts of the city. Over the rest of England the aviation activity was low. 2 enemy machines were shot down over London during today's night attacks. - 2 -