TELEGRAM FROM LONDON 
                       - OCTOBER 10TH, 1941                 
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
63 ships totaling 207,000 
      tons out of 90 allied and neutral ships detained by Vichy reported 
      taken over by the French. Twenty one of these totaling 96,000 
      tons already placed under direct Axis control. Majority will 
      work for Axis under cover of French flag. Some reported sent 
      to Italian ports manned by Germans. Forty-two of these ships 
                   at present in Mediterranean.             
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            2.                              
                      On October 9th.                       
      Ostend Cherbourg area fighter aircraft set on fire ships estimated 
         at 1500 and 500 tons, damaged another 800 tons.    
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
 
      3. Night of October 9th/10th ten coastal aircraft attacked two 
      enemy ships off Alessund; details not known but one direct hit 
                            estimated.                      
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
4. Night of October 7th/October 
      8th. Royal Airforce aircraft set on fire merchant ship in Tripoli 
      (L) Harbor and destroyed lighter. Merchant ship estimated at 
      2000 tons west of Tripoli (L) was bombed probably sunk by Blenheim. 
      Following night naval aircraft attacked convoy Sicilian Channel 
      and sunk Merchant estimated at 6000 tons off Marittimo island 
      Wellington scored direct hit merchant ship estimated at 6000 
                              tons.                         
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
5. Large Russian forces 
      near Vyasma and certain Russian forces near Bryansk probably 
      surrended. Germans advancing towards Kharkow and reported reached 
                            Mariupol.                       
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
6. On October 8th fifty 
      enemy aircraft in two waves attacked Tobruk; four were badly 
          damaged. Our casualties two killedfew wounded.