STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 643, sig. 109-4/391

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10 Division Iv - Rundfunk Strictly trusted radio and light service Only for use by service! In its own mind to destroy test. No. 298/II /42. (353 c RSTGB). Reports from 27th October 1942. L o n d o n - (Czech) - l8.30 h. North Africa: The British attack troops raise their positions secured by the German defense lines and held against all counter-attacks of the axis. In the course of today they achieved further ground gain. According to British news Rommel's positions are lusseret strong. So far, the fast Brit. East front: Tymoshenko's army continues to press on the German version wings At Stalingrad. In the factory district of the city the situation is critical according to Moscow negations. In Caucasia the Soviets oppose deutache attacks on Tupase. The British air carrier Sinclair reported on the bomb load dropped on German territory. Italinn: A Swiss eyewitness observes that during the last attack of the RAF on Genoa a panic broke out among the local population. The entire Italian mood on the eve of the anniversary of Vón Mussolini's march onRome. News from the distance Oeten incomprehensible. 15 minutes of talks with the homeland. (Sendung strongly disturbed.) ra Fanfares. "Dear fellow citizens! We celebrate again our National Day. This is the 5th since the war began for us. Since Kroeg's outbreak, it is the third time that I have spoken to you at this juncture, at the time of the Republic was the 28th. Oeltober fir us a day of joyful commemoration of the beginning of our national preoccupation and at the same time opportunity for a predictable outlook on a busy future, but then he became a day for us of mourning, which began with the year l939 for our people the time of sorrow and suffering. But now again he will be a day for the expectation of new and rich events and of the coming victory. We know with ever increasing certainty that the hour in which the Germans fall is approaching. Today we tell you this, not too long ago.