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     5. Everything that I saw made clear that
 
the Germans no longer have an Air Force that be-
 
longs in the Big League. They were able to have
 
bombers over us at night and to send over some
 
fighter bombers in bombing missions during the
 
day, but our intelligence showed us that planes
 
hurriedly brought in 'from Germany were in a very
 
poor state of serviceability.
 
     6. Also, the E-Boats which attacked us
 
were, like the planes, not the operations of a
 
great power.
 
     7. One thing that struck me was the very
 
slow reaction of the Germans in counter-attack.
 
To me that seemed due to the measures of the Re-
 
sistance Groups, but, more importsnt, to the work
 
of our Air Corps in the destruction of bridges and
 
oil installations. Our intelligence showed that
 
the present German needs for oil are 1.2mn. tons
 
a month and that present monthly production is
 
1.0mn.tons. With active fighting in the East,