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OPTEL No. 24
 
      
 
 
(V) AIRCRAFT CASUALTIES in operations over and from the British 
      Isles - German 1.
 
      
 
 
(VI) The transfer from the Baltic States to FINLAND of broad 
      gauge locomotives and rolling stock, including tank wagons, will 
      help to relieve the transport situation and assist German economic 
      exploitation. It confirms previous reports that the whole railway 
      system in the Baltic States has been or will shortly be converted 
      to standard gauge and also the opinion that GERMANY intends to 
      convert the gauge of all railways in occupied RUSSIA.
 
      
 
 
(VII) Both empty and full oil trains to and from ITALY have 
      regular military escorts on the Roumanian - Hungarian section 
      of the route which indicates the degree of unrest in HUNGARY 
      and ROUMANIA.
 
      
 
 
OPTEL No. 25 
 
      7 December, 1941
 
      
 
 
Report time 1740 G.M.T. today from C. in C. CHINA that Japanese 
      were attempting to land from 5 ships at KOTA BHARU (on East Coast 
      of MALAYA immediately south of SIAM MALAYA frontier.)