TELEGRAM RECEIVED FROM 
                 LONDON DATED OCTOBER 19th, 1941            
 
                                                            
 
      Operational Communication (information received up to 7 a.m. 
                       October 19th, 1941).                 
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                           NAVAL.                           
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
Reference summary 18th, 
      torpedoed British destroyer has sunk, 96 survivors so far reported. 
      Operation to reinforce Malta with air-craft has been successfully 
      completed with loss of one Swordfish. Two shadowing enemy aircraft 
      were destroyed by our fighters. One large and one small merchant 
      vessel in southbound coastal convoy were mined and sunk in Western 
               Thames (sic) approaches, p.m. 18th.          
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                 MILITARY. RUSSIA. CENTRE.                  
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
Although Germans have taken 
      Kalinin and MoJjisk and made progress east of line of Mojaisk 
      Kaluga, execution of counter attacks and bad weather have slowed 
      down their advance. Situation north east of Orel unchanged. South. 
      Small German advances are reported north-west of Kharkov and 
      north of Mariupol but eastward thrust towards Rostov has been 
                           slowed down.                     
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                      ROYAL AIR FORCE.                      
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> 18th and 18th/19th. Bad weather; 
                     no important operations.               
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                          NAPLES.                           
                                                            
                                                            
       SIOE="-1" FACE="Courier New"> 16th/17th. 16 Wellington from 
      Malta dropped 16 tons of bombs including three 4000 pounders. 
      It is thought that torpedo factory was completely destroyed; 
        Royal arsenal and Alfa Romeo works were also hit.   
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                        SICILY. 17th                        
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
Blenheims escorted by Hurricanes 
         attacked Syracuse seaplane base; bursts seen on