THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 776, sig. 110-5/66

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33 SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION CULTURAL POLICY DIRECTORATE ROUND FUNK STRENG CONFIDENCE! DEPARTMENT AND HELP SERVICE Only for personal service use! To be destroyed on your own responsibility! (§353c RStGB.) Prif-N1339/ /43 Reports from September 2, 1943. H e 1 l f u n k: to l2,3o material intaken: Reuter correspondent Salerno: The area in which the 5th army advances is very difficult. In the last few days, there was usually only a slight but bitter clash with the German troops.The battles in the coastal plain were hard and all. Soldiers are glad to be able to move into the hilly area.Turkey: Ital.According to refugees, the Greek island of Castelorizo has been located in the Dodecanese since 9 September in British hands, after which a small fleet unit landed troops. Istambul: Papen, who is currently in Smyrna, is ill. Salerno: The Germans hold the altitude positions and are reinforced by paratroopers who jump off in vulnerable places. London: Daily Sketch knows to report that General Romanescu, adjutant of the runny King Michael, would have gone to Ankara on a secret mission in the hope of establishing relations with all.Dåplomates and finding out how Ruaeans could get out of the war Reuter reports: Samos was the first of the Greek.Islands liberated by being occupied by British troops who received further reinforcements on Saturday. AJ Stockholm: According to news from Rome, all the crossings of Vatican City are to be strictly guarded by German troops. The Pope allegedly protested vigorously at the German military authorities against the looting of Kirehen. Ankara: the local Italian embassy declared its loyalty to the Badoglio regime. Radio Algiers reports: The Allies conquered Gioia. London: l4oo miners who had been on strike in Northumberland resumed their work on Monday. Algiers: Headquarters: The 5th Army continues to expand its landing fights against decreasing German resistance. The 8th Arnee moves further north. After-attacks all.Bombers were directed against road connections in the area of Salerno.