Information received up 
                   to 7 A.M. 2nd January 1942.              
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            (1)                             
                           NAVAL                            
. One of 
      H.M. Submarines claims three hits with torpedoes on laden 6,000 
      ton tanker off Cephalonia on 30th December. The British Tanker 
      reported yesterday torpedoed is still afloat. A small British 
      Merchant Vessel, in South bound East Coast convoy was sunk by 
                         mine yesterday.                    
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            (2)                             
                          MILITARY                          
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
Libya. The first objectives 
      in our attack on Bardia were taken by noon on 31st December, 
      in spite of a partially successful counter attack, they were 
      all regained and consolidated. About 1,000 enemy prisoners, including 
      some Germans, were captured. Operations continue. In the forward 
     area, El Haseiat was reported clear of enemy on the 31s
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
Malaya. In Perak, slight 
      contact has been made with the enemy to the North West of Kampar. 
      At Kuantan, our troops hold the River line immediately South 
                   and South West of the town.              
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
Russia. In the Kaluga sector, 
      the Russian advance is continuing, and at least 16 German divisions 
                  have suffered serious losses.             
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                            (3)                             
                      AIR OPERATIONS.                       
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                       Western Front.                       
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
1st and lst/2nd. No operations 
            by ourselves or the enemy worth reporting.      
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                       MEDITERRANEAN.                       
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
                                                            
                          Greece.                           
                                                            
                                                            
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
30/31st. 10 Wellington 
      bombed Salamis. The submarine base and a munition factory were 
      hit. Other Wellington bombed the Piraeus, starting a fire among 
      oil cisterns and causing explosions at a chemical factory. A 
      large  %fire was also started at Megara seaplane base, and attacks 
      were also made on two aerodromes in Crete. 2 Wellington dropped 
 supplies for British troops still at liberty in Southern Gr