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

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-3 - To send war material to Germany by day. The american Y help for England is not a matter of feeling, it is about military. Realpolitik, which is based on the council of military experts of our government. These demand even stronger tension of the American. Armament production. We must produce more ships, more guns, more aircraft, more of everything. The normal business life no longer exists, the Americans must get used to this idea. Work for the expansion must not be inhibited. Fears about a future superfluous production capacity must not arise. With the greatest speed, every machine, every factory, which we need to arm ourselves for our defenses, must be accurate. We have the people, we have the ability, we got the money, and we have above all the 'illens. I call upon all to cooperate with the utmost strength in the rapid and generous production of these weapons, Jn the mass, as these shells, planes and ships are manufactured, your government will be united with the militants. Experts decide how these materials can best be used for the defence of our country, how much of this material is sent abroad, this question, the decision must be decided upon after consideration of our own military needs. We must be the large Chamber of Arms of Democracies. For us, this war is a state of emergency which is as serious as the war itself. With the same determination, we must make ourselves to our task, with the same urgency, the love of the fatherland and the willingness to sacrifice, as if we were in war ourselves. We have so far provided great material assistance and we will receive even greater material support for it in the future. Nothing will be allowed to affect America's determination to help Britain. No dictator and no connection of dictators will weaken our determination by threatening us to lay out this determination either way. I believe that the Axis powers will not win this war. I would like to thank the President of the United States, Mr President, for the enormous national commitment to the defence of the country, in order to always face the threat of our democracy. Jch calls our people in the sure awareness that our common stream will be an overwhelming victory. Mo s kau - russian. The American Trade Minister announced that the year l94l of the American Jndustrie will bring great profits. Jm past year the profits of the american Jngustrie increased by more than 25%. The rising purchases of the brit. World empires have compensated for the loss of the European markets, whereas exports of agricultural products have fallen sharply. L o n d o n - English. 801 The attacks of the British Air Force were only slight last night due to unfavourable weather conditions. A small number of Brits. laschinen attacked an object in Germany, in addition some Jnvasion ports, airports in the occupied territory and Naples. 2 British machines did not return from these attacks, A communiqué of British Lutfahrt Ministry reports that brit. Last night, a number of German bombers drove off a short but extremely violent attack on London's city. The German aircraft fired thousands of fire bombs in the attempt to set the city on fire. A town hall, several churches and buildings were hit. A nearby bomb exploded into the St. Paul's Cathedral is in danger. Jtalien's disappointment at Roosevelt's speech expresses Gaida in the Giornale d'Jtalia, writing: Roosevelt is an advocate of an unexplained war at the side of England - 4-