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

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Division IV Strictly confidential! Radio group Only for personal broadcasting and light duty. Use of service! Use of own responsibility h to destroy! Test No.... ( § 353 c RSTGB ). ( Reports of 28 November 194o. 2.a.d L o n d o n - English. b4/2.40 Brit. and Greek. Armed forces cause the Jtalians more and more heavy blows. The ital. Fleet mikw has once again escaped a battle with British units by fleeing to the home port. Valona was again attacked by the British Air Force. Today, the Athenian Radio announced that the Italian positions had been broken again in various places and that the Greeks have penetrated far into Albanian territory on all fronts. The Jtalians are said to have made numerous troops for reinforcement to Albania. Reuter: The Greeks made a new advance in the section of Pogradeci and reached the village of Cherere?. Also north of Moskopolis the Greeks continued their advance. The support given by the Albanian troops to the Greeks puts the Etalians in even more danger. Whole Albanian divisions are said to have offered to fight side by side with the Greek. An outstanding soldier Ale Nemeth? , who had left the country with King Zogu, is now said to have returned and acquired the support of the various tribal chiefs. Reuter: Many Italian soldiers desert, others surrender. Not officially reported; Greek. and British planes are said to' have intercepted Durazzo. The Jtaliens are now forced to use the port of San Giovanni di Medua, located in the extreme north of Albania, for their trump landings. Communiqué from Cairo: British. Fighting aircraft, when they came out of the clouds above the Greek front, faced a division of Italian hunting machines. The surprised Jtalieners tried to escape with such an over-turret that 2 machines crashed together and one crashed. A communiqué from Cairo reports again successful, brit. air attacks against ital. support punches, storage camps etc. in the western desert. A British machine was lost. Brit. Machines attacked yesterday in days 2 German trosships off the Frisian coast with air torpedoes. Both ships were observed in a sinking state. Baseler Nachrichten: In all areas of politics there is a complete calm, even more, a valuum. The plans for the European re-order have collapsed. This fact is perhaps partly due to the fact that the expected Bulgarian visit to Berlin did not take place. -2