TELEGRAM FR0M LONDON DATED JANUARY 7, 1941.
 
      
Naval.
 
      Two destroyers were in collision when leaving Pa (some words 
      undecypherable) yesterday morning. Considerable damage occurred 
      to both ships.
 
      
 
 
2. During the Libyan operations besides covering the passage 
      and unloading of supply ships running from Alexandria to Sollum 
      naval units have supplied 250 tons of water to the army. 18,136 
      Italian prisoners have been evacuated from Mersa Matruh.
 
      
 
 
3. A convoy of 12 ships has arrived in home waters from Sierra 
      Leone without loss.
 
      
 
 
4. 
Royal Air Force.
 January 6th a Blenheim sent on 
      a task to North West Germany was obliged to abandon it but instead 
      attacked a 5,000 ton tanker off the Dutch coast and obtained 
      a direct hit with a 250 lb, bomb.
 
      
 
 
5. Night of 6th/7th. All operations were cancelled owing to 
      weather.
 
      
 
 
6. 
Libya.
 On 4th and 5th January our Hurricanes shot 
      down 7 enemy bombers and 7 fighters. One Hurricane failed to 
      return. During the same period heavy and medium bombers dropped 
      17 tons of bombs on military objectives and shipping at Tobruk 
      and at Tripoli where they also dropped 9,000 copies of the Prime 
      Minister's speech.
 
      
 
 
7. 
Home Security.
 All railway services in the London 
      area are now practically normal again and at Cardiff normal traffic 
      has been resumed.
 
      
 
 
8. 
Italy.
 There still is not sufficient evidence