THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1746, sig. 109-4/1501

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KSV Division IV Strictly confidential! Group Radio Nnr for personal radio and light service use! In own responsibility to 103 // oy reject! Test No. /§ 353c RStGB/. .c.d Reports November 12, 1940. /.12/10.40 SENDER LONDON /English/: Yesterday, during the days of the British Air Force, the submarine base Lorian was attacked. Also, the aircraft base Brest was attacked, from where the German machines ascend to their attacks on England. The attacks on Britain by the German Air Force were only slight during the last night. The German air activity was limited to some attacks in the early evening hours. It was attacked in the main matter London and South East England. After 9 o'clock in the evening the attacks stopped completely. Communiqué of the Marine Ministry: It can be reported that by far the majority of the ships escaped from the escort attacked by an enemy caper ship last week. More details are not yet available. The Marine Ministry announces that during the week, which was marked with the 3. This is half the number indicated by the Germans. Molotov was caught today by Hitler at the Reichskanzlei ehpfangen. Ribbentrop and the deputy Russian Kommiesar of the Foreign Minister attended the meeting. - The brit. Ministry of Aviation announces that last night the two Italian ports Durazzo and Valona were attacked. In Durazzo a warehouse was destroyed. Three large fires broke out. In Valona a ammunition store was blown up. l5 miles seaward from Valona the British pilots sighted three burning ships. It is assumed that these are ships that the Greeks fired on fire in the night of Sunday at the port of Valona and that were brought out to sea by the Italians in order not to endanger the other ships in the port and the port facilities. flying fortresses of the most modern type are delivered to England. These are the strongest aircraft in the world. Even the old type had a radius of action of 56oo km and could carry 2 t bombs with him. The British ambassador in Moscow, Sir Cripps, had yesterday a submission with the Vice Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Višinsky. -2-