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

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S8 -7 may only send the Hlinka Guard so that it will help the Axis partner out of the brink. Now we will see. Inzwischen Goodnight! " SENDER MOSCOW /Czech/: The German Italian economic negotiations in Milan will be of great importance. ... Economic negotiations between USA and Spain. The USA will supply wheat, wool, gasoline and rubber. In Vichy it is considered to include Flandin in the government. Flanding demanded the economic and financial leadership. Petain considers the reorganization of the government because strong contradictions exist. Laval might be replaced by Flandins. A group of congressmen in UsA requires that the US acquire further bases in the Caribbean Sea. A billion dollars will be granted for the purchase of some British islands in the western hemisphere, but support points will also be acquired behind the western hemisphere. The position of the USA in Australia and New Zealand will be strengthened. The USA will also exploit English bases in West Africa. Japanese newspapers point out that Germany is admonishing Japan for an energetic policy against the US. Japan should demand the withdrawal of American cruisers from Asian waters from the USA. According to Un.Press, the US may issue a larger bond to the Dutch government, which is based in London. Hull, however, stated that he was not aware of the negotiations. Reuter from Delhi: The British government announced to the Anglo-Indian government that it would not be able to carry out the Indian betrayals on steel supplies. She advised the Anglo Indian government to contact the US. From Washington: The State Department has signed a contract with England for the creation of Australian wool stocks for £25 million. These stocks are said to belong to England, but the US has the right to buy their needs. A meeting of conservative farmers took place in Baltimore, where those present complained that they were harmed by export restrictions. Prices were very low. The government was asked to raise prices. The French government, by special decree, was responsible for the West Indian islands, Franz Guyana, etc. the French Commissioner of Marzinique, who has the right to negotiate with the USA under Vichy directives on defence issues, etc. -8