b. Russia.  The main German objectives seem at present to be towards Kiev from the
direction of Novograd, Voynek and Shepetovka and in the neighborhood of Ostrov and Polotsk.
 
     c.  Libya.  On July 8, minor detachments of Axis armored cars were repulsed by British
advanced troops south of Bir Sheferzen (25 miles southwest of Sollum).  The Axis blasting
operation in the Halfaya-Sojum district, commented on in two of our cables, is now thought to
reveal information fo defence positions containing deep shelters in the rocks of the escarpment. 
This would seem eveidence that the Azis in that part of the border sector are taking up a defensive
attitude.
 
                         LEE
 
Distribution:
     THE PRESIDENT
     Secretary of War
     State Department
     Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2
     War Plans Division
     Office of Naval Intelligence
     G.H.Q.
     Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3