STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 645, sig. 109-4/393

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71 - 5 - is heard today until London. The first great political success of this war on our side was the firm decision of England, supported by your Dominions, to continue the canopy until the end. In addition, today comes the realization that the British Air Force dominates the British airspace and constantly expands its fighting circle. This political determination and increased air activity is already an ever-increasing encouragement for the other countries, to which the mouth of the Nazi monster, which has already opened its teeth, is directed. It is remarkable that the Turkish President's statement that the ties with England are unbreakable. His words become clearer in their meaning to the very one who knows that Turkey's future preservation depends to a large extent on Russia's attitude. Political development is not only concentrated militarily, but also politically in the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean. The Yugoslav government announced that it would maintain neutrality. The Serbian farmer does not hear the call of the Greek shepherd. However, when he came to his neutral field a few days ago, he found the traces of foreign bombs there. Germany explains that it is not in war with Greece. If it wanted to help, it would have to violate Yugoslav and Bulgarian territory. Eden has been in Egypt for longer than i4 days, and his dispositions will not be without virtuousness to the events there. America has elected a president for whom hundreds of millions of free and oppressed peoples have silently cast their votes. German propaganda shows what this election means for the bad politics. Whether from east to west or from north to south, it is evident everywhere that the questions are inseparably closed to a chain. The main link of this chain is England. Its determination drives the political and military development of the war into a new phase, which will bring great opportunities. ( Continued reports from lo.ll.l94o page 6!)