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

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234 Division IV Strictly confidential! Radio group Only for the personal broadcasting and Helldienst. Use of service! Jn own responsibility 85/1/40 to destroy! Test no. ..... / § 353 c RSTGB / Reports of 22 October l94o. Lo n d o n - English. QnOHEy Communiqué of the Ministry of Aviation: Despite the harsh weather conditions, extensive operations were carried out last night. Thousands of tons of fire bombs and many tons of brisant bombs were dropped at the port facilities of Hamburg, the shipyards of Blom and Voss. Numerous fires broke out. At 7 p.m., a lightning attack began on the oil refinery in Reisholz b/Dosseldorf, and a number of fires could be detected in 1 4. Explosions were made at the Düsseldorf freight station. The main railway line south-west of Düsseldorf and the Stade airfield were bombed infested. Only one aircraft was lost, and German ships were attacked in various places off the French coast in the night. Bombs were dropped off Dunkirk on l2 German ships, which were accompanied by motor torpedo boats. One of the ships was found later, lying on the side in the water. On the ships, which were shot no later with MG, there was greatest confusion, before Boulogne tow barges and cargo steamers were bombed. On a tanker in the outside harbour were scored. Port facilities and ship yards were damaged. The newspaper Aftonbladet writes about the attacks on Berlin: As always, the brit showed. In the face of dew hefty flak fires there is an extraordinary courage. Ital. Rundfunk describes the attacks on Berlin as devastating. The objects hit in Berlin were: the Hoabiter freight station, a Jndustriobject in the centre, the freight stations in Puttlitzerstrasse and the Lehrter freight station. A high officer of the brit. Luftwaffe explained: The German pilots must already realize that they can't get up against the British weather. Last night three German planes crashed without a reason. Yesterday's Churchill's speech to the French has been heard everywhere where there is still a free press. One is confident by the explanation, whose basic tone it was that Hitler and Hitlerism were wiped out with stumps and stems. Jn all of America the speech was also heard and found in the press the biggest case. - New York Herald Tribune writes: The basic tone of the Zuver- sicht was stronger and the tension was less şls in his earlier calls to arms. Many people in Europe must be condemned to the animal rigour of a victorious army who will draw new courage from Churchill's poignant words. Minister of Food Supply, Lord Woolton, announced that it will not be necessary to ration milk consumption as milk is available in sufficient quantities.