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

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- 5 - left the USA. On board this ship, a large number of Chinese-based Americans returned to their home country. SENDER LONDON /English/: At Florina, the Greeks are still staying, they have even penetrated lo km deep from Albanian territory. The Greeks tried to cut off the Italian headquarters in Korizza. Lord of the Brit. Admiralty Alexander said this morning: /partly already reproduced above/. "I admit, if the way will be long and difficult - we have time to wait for victory, our enemies do not have this time! I can honestly say that many difficulties still lie ahead of us, that we will continue to be severely attacked, and yet I can talk about various things that are easier in my heart than some time ago. The situation is calming in some ways. Expeditionary forces in France, as the Germans constantly claim, did not take place at that time. A German invasion attempt may be imminent, but it has not yet been carried out. In June we looked forward to such an attempt with some unrest. Today we await him with peace and confidence. Hitler's invasion of London, which was already widely announced, did not take place. The victory march through London was already prepared, the seats for the grandstands were already ordered, but nothing has become of it. Blitzkirieg in der Luft has already begun for months, but from this blitzkreg became a decisive defeat for the Germans due to the fighting will of our air weapon. Our cities, which are to be razed to the ground, stand still today, We know that our bombers against German mi-t. Objects are much more effective than the Germans can. We have set up, trained and equipped over all large armed forces, whose desire to fight is hardly to be tamed any more. Our war production has been extended to a mass that seemed unthinkable to us some time ago. The Germans declared the British. But the German admirals do not seem to dare to let themselves be seen in the North Sea. Even in the Mediterranean, we were not happy - the Italian admiral seems to see their battleships as a long-term capital investment, which they want to bring without slaughter through this war. The struggle is in the truest sense of the word a struggle for life and death. Half measures are unthinkable. We have to accept everything, dare everything or lose everything. Today a British hunter and a German bomber were shot down over England. Last night only small attacks, 1 German machine shot down. Tomorrow in Turkey twenty further annual classes of infantry and cavalry are convened. The Turkish army is strong and well equipped. In the last week troops were made to East Thrace. By the resistance of Greece all plans of Hitler to present the new order to the world on a Reichstag have been crossed. The attitude of Turkey is of great importance. Papen has certainly already reported on this country's attitude in Berlin.