TELEGRAM TO: AMERICAN EMBASSY FEBRUARY 23,1942 LONDON SECRET AND PERSONAL FOR THE PRIME MINISTER FROM HOPKINS* REFERENCE YOUR TELEGRAM ADDRESSED B.A.D. 510 FEBRUARY 21 FOR THE PRESIDENT, PARAGRAPH (ii): THE FLIGHT OF HEAVT BOMBERS ACROSS AFRICA TO THE FAR EAST HAS CONTINUED WITHOUT ABATEMENT. THE ONLY CHECK TO MOVEMENT OCCURRED BETWEEN INDIA AND NEI AND EVIDENTLY WAS IN OBEDIENCE TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM ABDACOM BUT EVEN SO OUR REPORTS INDICATE THAT THREE FLEW FROM CEYLON TO JAVA FEBRUARY TWENTY. HARRY HOPKINS DECLASSIFIED BY Deputy Archivist of the U.S. By W.J. Stewart Date FEB 4 1972 |