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

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- 3 - The correspondent of the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reports from Berlin: It is considered that the purpose of the visit by Germany is to create Russian-German cooperation and the creation of a counterweight against the American aid granted to England. The absence of military personnel and the presence of numerous leaders of the Russian industry indicate that the discussions will have as their main object trade issues, although probably also political questions should be taken into account. Brit. Luftwaffe bombed in recent times: docks, harbours and factories in Hamburg. Blohm and Voss shipyards, ships destroyed, among them 5 submarines, aircraft plants, Vulkanwerft, Finken- wärder, oil tanks and Öeltanker, which do not get through the blockade. Markthallen Hamburgs, Phönixwerke, Rhenania-Werke, Eisenbahnanlagen. Travellers report that they had to travel 24 hours from Berlin to Hamburg and had to change trains 5 times etc. .... At Berlin Siemens-Halske-Werke, AEG drive belt plant, Rheinmetall in Dusseldorf, Benz engine plants in Mannheim, IG-farben in Höchst, Astbestwerke in Dortmund etc.... Today there were only minor attacks on England, because yesterday 26 machines were shot down. 6C60L