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This telegram must be                        London
closely paraphrased be-
fore being communicated                      Dated April 3, 1941
to anyone. (D)
                                            Rec'd 10:20 p.m.
 
Secretary of State,
 
     Washington.
 
     RUSH.
 
     1309, April 3, 9 p.m. (SECTION SIX).
 
     You wanted to know the effects of bombing. At
 
Clydeside a week or so ago 1100 persons were killed
 
1600 seriously injured and a very large number of homes
 
destroyed. I was told by competent witnesses that while
 
the families waited to be taken to what shelters were
 
available they rested on what little they had been able
 
to save of their belongings, silent and unswayed, "with-
 
out a tear in the lot." An apprentices' strike which
 
was going on there was called off. Individual output
 
increased in the region.
 
     The effect of bombing on factories varies in different
 
communities. Where there is courageous leadership by the
 
mayor, the management or among the workers there has been
 
a prompt return to work.  (?) such leadzrship was absent
 
ths problem has been (?) particularly in night (?)
 
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