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FAR EAST.
 
MALAYA.
 Our fighters covered the withdrawal 
      of our troops to SINGAPORE ISLAND. Our 
 
      offensive operations were slight. The Japanese made about twenty 
      attacks on SINGAPORE, damaging the
 
      aerodromes and docks and causing numerous casualties among the 
      civilian Asiatic population. Six enemy
 
      aircraft were brought down by our fighters and eight A.A.
 
      
RUSSIA.
 The Russian Air Force is maintaining a considerable 
      effort in co-operation with their ground 
 
      forces to the west of MOSCOW. It is directed chiefly upon the 
      congested roads by which the Germans are
 
      retreating upon which troops and vehicles offer excellent targets. 
      There is evidence of the effectiveness of 
 
      the Russian air attack. Liaison between the Infantry and the 
      Air Force is maintained by an Air Staff Officer
 
      with each Infantry Divisional Headquarters and air support is 
      generally forthcoming in about an hour. 
 
      High-level attacks on German supply bases and aerodromes have 
      increased both by day and night. There
 
      is evidence that parachute troops have been used in considerable 
      numbers on the central front. In this 
 
      sector, Russian activity by night increased with a corresponding 
      decline in German night operations. In the
 
      daytime particularly in the MOJAIST sector. German air activity 
      has been negligble, enabling the Rusians
 
      to use the roads freely and thus maintain maximum pressure along 
      the front.