TELEGRAM
TO: AMERICAN EMBASSY                                              FEBRUARY 23,1942
 
LONDON
 
SECRET AND PERSONAL FOR THE PRIME MINISTER FROM HOPKINS*
 
     REFERENCE YOUR TELEGRAM ADDRESSED B.A.D. 510 FEBRUARY 21
 
FOR THE PRESIDENT, PARAGRAPH (ii):
 
   THE FLIGHT OF HEAVT BOMBERS ACROSS AFRICA TO THE FAR EAST
 
HAS CONTINUED WITHOUT ABATEMENT. THE ONLY CHECK TO MOVEMENT 
 
OCCURRED BETWEEN INDIA AND NEI AND EVIDENTLY WAS IN OBEDIENCE
 
TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM ABDACOM BUT EVEN SO OUR REPORTS INDICATE 
 
THAT THREE FLEW FROM CEYLON TO JAVA FEBRUARY TWENTY.
 
 
                                                           HARRY HOPKINS
 
 
 
 
 
 
DECLASSIFIED
BY Deputy Archivist of the U.S.
By W.J. Stewart Date FEB 4 1972