TELEGRAM FROM LONDON 
                     DATED OCTOBER 11, 1941.                
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
Albacores from Victorious 
      bombed and set on fire 1,O00 ton merchant ship in VEST Fjord. 
      Two South bound merchant ships of 2,000 tons escorted by A/A 
      ships also hit and small Norwegian merchant ship abandoned after 
                            being hit.                      
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
2. During last week shipping 
      losses light. Winter gales started in the Atlantic interfering 
      with movement of convoys. Successful attacks against enemy shipping 
      in the Mediterranean have continued by British submarines and 
                            aircraft.                       
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
3. Fog over the United 
      Kingdom and continent has restricted air operations but night 
      of l0th/llth of October 139 aircraft raided Krupps, Essen, Cologne, 
      Dunkirk, Dordeaux, Ostend, Rotterdam and searchlight belt in 
             Ruhr; 13 aircraft not yet reported back.       
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            4.                              
                           G.A.F.                           
 Night 
      of 10th/11th October,25 enemy aircraft operated against this 
      country near ham and in East Suffolk. No material damage, one 
            enemy bomber destroyed by night fighters.       
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            5.                              
                           Naval.                           
 During 
      week ending October 8, 821 ships were convoyed. One cruiser 4 
      A/A ships, six AMC's 93 destroyers, including 20 United States 
   destroyers, and 95 other H.M. ships employed one scort du
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
6. Imports into the United 
      Kingdom totaled 784,584 tons plus 8,000 tons of special Government 
     cargo making average of 962,114 tons for last ten weeks
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
7. During September 10,720 
      tons of cargo destined for the enemy seized in prize. Total seizures 
           810,239 tons since the beginning of the war.