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286 Department of Cultural Policy Strictly confidential! Broadcasting and Helldienst Only for personal service use! n/ To be destroyed on your own responsibility! Test. - No. /§ 353 c RStGB/. of 7 October 1940. a.d L./10.40 SENDER MOSCOW /Russian/: Siam and French Indochina have drawn troops at the borders.- A Siamese fighter aircraft squadron was shot at from French Flak guns. - Indohina continues the evacuation of the inhabitants from the border districts. - It is noted that since 1 October 6 squadrons of Siam injured the border of Indachina. The government has issued a decree that only one member of the family will receive normal wages in the future. It is not yet known what this normal wage will be. In addition, the French government has decided to create proof of work. Hungary: Hungarian-Romanian trade talks have begun in Budapest. Newspaper from Tschunking: The Japanese are on 5 May. The situation on the border between Siam and French Indochine is tense, however, the news of military clashes at the border and of a new ultimatum to French Indochina is not confirmed. New York Times: The Japanese-controlled press in the occupied part of China has launched a sharp anti-American campaign. Shanghai: According to the press, some American companies have advised their employees to remove their relatives from Shanghai. This is linked to America's preparations for a war in the Far East. SENDER BEBOMUENSTER /FRENCH/: The Germans today made 5 attacks on England. Mel dingen managed only a few machines to penetrate Lòndon and to drop bombs. Some houses were destroyed, but the number of victims seems to be small. In Denmark, damage was again done in various places today by torn-off block balloons. In Tokyo, the spokesman of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in response to a question on relations with Japan, declared that there was no room in the present situation for a fundamental realignment of these relations. Leon Berard was appointed new French ambassador to the Vatican.