forces attacked a concentration of boats and barges near PAAN. 
      Enemy fighters were intercepted by
 
      Hurricanes and American Tomahawks over MINGALADON on the 7th. 
      Two Japanese fighters were 
 
      destroyed, two probably destroyed and four damaged. 7th/8th. 
      MINGALADON and its satellite were 
 
      bombed with little damage. 
 
      
 
 
4.
 ICE CONDITIONS
 
      BALTIC
. The belts are closed. Navigation in the Sound is 
      just possible with icebreakers.
 
      
NORTH SEA
. The inner end of OSLO FJORD is probably closed. 
      Southern Norwegian ports east of 
 
      and including KRISTIANSAND (S) are difficult of access. There 
      is ice up to the ten-fathom line off
 
      the west coast of DENMARK. HAMBURG is probably closed. Traffic 
      in and out of the Dutch ports
 
      north of ROTTERDAM must be very restricted.
 
      
DENMARK STRAIT
. There is a channel about sixty miles wide 
      between the edge of the pack ice and 
 
      the northwest point of ICELAND (C).