TELEGRAM
Chronicle has a four-column streamer Roosevelt's gigantic
victory plan. Mirror has heading --Yanks Coming Over Here; and
Sketch has -- Yanks Coming Again. Mail carries an article on
bases prepared by American technicians at Ulster, Scotland. Express
prints Morley Richards saying that the B E F and A E F will invade
the continent together and forecasts the bombing of Germany day
and night with 2,000 planes every 24 hours, though there is a
warning that Hitler may try invasion of Britain in the spring
to forestall an Anglo-American offensive. Herald's headline ---
United States Will Send Army to Britain--devotes almost an entire
second page to Roosevelt's text.
Molotoff's declaration and dispute of Russian landing at Crimea
have second place on front pages with reports of reverses at
Malaya and Rommel's last fight at Libya. Aerial menace at Singapore
is emphasized with the tendency to lay blame to the abandonment
of Penang and a demand for those who are responsible, but the
military correspondent of the Express thinks is possible that
the Chinese may bring relief.
Times turnover describes pull-baker, pull-tailor situation
at North French Africa and explains Wavell's reporting Weygand's
removal by Vichy as fear of his defiance and points out that
if Britain controls the coast from Port Said to Tripoli, north
Africa will become springboard for attack of Europe and the Mediterranean
will be closed to Axis- if Rommel's retreat continues, Nazi pressure