English Translation

144 Strictly confidential! silung Kulturpolitik Nur für den personale Dienst- afunk- und Helldienst verwendung! 4.5/.1/40. Unsere Verantwortung zu ermöglichen! Versuch. - Nr. /§ 353c RStGB/. .u.d 0n0210r Berichten vom 10. Oktober 1940. SENDER LONDON /English/: The German attacks on the last night were directed mainly against London again. Some homes were hit, some factory buildings suffered damage. Bombs were also dropped in the south-east of England. - On day flights, 4 German machines were shot down yesterday, a British hunting machine was lost, but the pilot was able to save himself. During yesterday's air raids on London, the high altar of St. Paul's Cathedral was destroyed. The main structure of the church suffered no damage, no one was injured. Recently, near the church, a bomb went down, which could be rendered harmless before it came to the explosion. In the street of Dover a violent south-west storm rages further. The sea is strongly moved. At the invitation of the Japanese Kegation, the American Ambassador to Tokyo visited the Japanese Foreign Minister today. The Foreign Minister made it clear to the Ambassador that the tripartite pact is a peace pact and is not directed against anyone. He , the Foreign Minister , hopes that Japan will not be dragged into the European war and that America will not again enter into a conflict with Japan because of China. The Chinese ambassador in London today expressed China's joy at opening the Burma Strait. He said that Japan was stuck in China and could not provide any support for the Axis powers. The Secretary of State at the Ministry of Aviation spoke to the representatives of Poland at an evening meal and said that it was not possible to win a war only by a defensive attitude, that rather the offensive had to be taken. The British bombers carry the war into the enemy's heart in association with the Polish squadrons. A British pilot of a bomber flying over Holland yesterday explained that the Dutch waved at his plane when they recognized the British royal signs. The plane flew very low and he could observe closely that the workers in the fields left their work and waved with the handkerchiefs. These workers joined ba ld others and on the whole journey of the flight of va 80 km over Dutch territory the people waved. -2-