STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1746, sig. 109-4/1501 Page 257 · 257 of 283
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1746, sig. 109-4/1501
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256 Division IV Strictly confidential! Group Broadcasting Only for personal radio and light duty. Use of service! To destroy your own responsibility! Test no. on ( § 353 c RSTGB ). /0/10.0. Reports from October 5th, 1994o. Lo n d on- English. Thousands of trucks are located near the brit. end of Burma_Strasse and await the opening of the road there on Friday. There will be a small celebration on the occasion of the opening, in which representatives of England and China will participate, Then these trucks, loaded with material for the Chinese.Army, will start their journey immediately.The deputy Chinese. He explained that although China is the largest source of its material from the USA, England, despite which it is itself at war, would continue to deliver to China as much as it can. The British Admiralty announces the destruction of a German escort, consisting of 3 trots and 2 warships. One trot ship had 7oot, the other two were a little smaller. In addition, it is reported that another German ship of 7.ooo t was successfully attacked and hit by three torpedoes. The British Admiralty informs that the British fleet carried out a successful attack against the German-occupied port of Dunkirk. Fires could be observed and it is assumed that large damage to property has occurred. The British air raids of the last night were mainly directed against Kiel and Hamburg. In addition, the Jnvasion ports, gun positions at Cape Grinez, factories for the production of synthetic drift toggs in Gelsenkirchen, Magdeburg, Salzberg, 2 fuel warehouses near Kiel, railroads and freight stations near Hamm, Soest, Krefeld, swords, as well as various munitions and aircraft factories and power plants were attacked. In addition, an enemy destroyer was attacked off Texel. All British machines returned. From October 7th to October 4th, the German Air Force lost 71 aircraft: 46 hunting machines, 22 fighter planes, 3 seaplanes. Apart from 2 aircraft that were shot down over German occupied territories, all the machines were destroyed over England. Luftwaffe lost 45 fighter and 8 fighter aircraft in the same week. l7 pilots were rescued. Thus the British Air Force lost 4l and the German Air Force l4l man. The Turkish Cabinet Council held a meeting yesterday in which the situation of Turkey, in view of the events in the Balkans, was discussed. A Turkish newspaper writes: If the Axis Powers believe they - 2 -